Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum
Monthly issues from January to July 1775, pp. 1 - 338. Fully bound in dark brown tooled leather.
Monthly title pages, January-March, May-July: pp. 9, 53, 102, 192, 241, 290: contain a half-page vignette: a coat of arms (a shield with three balls), between a lyre and blooming plant at right and an anchor at left. Initials below "J.P.". Text at top: "The Pennsylvania Magazine;" text below: "Or, American Montly Museum, for [January-March, May-June] 1775", with table of contents below; at bottom of each page: "Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken the Publisher, opposite the London Coffee-House, Front-Street. 1775."
p. 70: "A New Threshing Instrument, / I.S. scult." engraved by James Smither (Stauffer.II.2984, p. 492).
p. 149: Title page for April, band of ornament at the top, table of contents below title.
p. 158: "A New Invented Machine for Spinning Wool and Cotton, Engraved for the Pennsylvania Magazine by Christopher Tully, who first Made and introduced this Machine into this Country" (Stauffer II.3328, p. 548).
p. 169: "Les Ruines de Grand Temple dans Palmyra. du cote de l'Occident," (right half only), published St. Paul's Churchyard, London [publisher or engraver not identified; London print inserted in this copy].
p.172: "Front view of a frame house resembling brick" [no engraver or designer identified].
p. 206: "New invented machine for deepening and cleansing docks" [no designer or engraver identified]
opp. p. 241: Frontispiece, June 1775: "A New Plan of Boston Harbor, from the Actual Survey," by Caleb Lownes (Stauffer II.2159, p. 356).
opp. p. 291: Frontispiece July 1775: "A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston and Provincial Camp, R.A.," engraved Robert Aitken (Stauffer.II.4, p. 3).
Monthly title pages, January-March, May-July: pp. 9, 53, 102, 192, 241, 290: contain a half-page vignette: a coat of arms (a shield with three balls), between a lyre and blooming plant at right and an anchor at left. Initials below "J.P.". Text at top: "The Pennsylvania Magazine;" text below: "Or, American Montly Museum, for [January-March, May-June] 1775", with table of contents below; at bottom of each page: "Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken the Publisher, opposite the London Coffee-House, Front-Street. 1775."
p. 70: "A New Threshing Instrument, / I.S. scult." engraved by James Smither (Stauffer.II.2984, p. 492).
p. 149: Title page for April, band of ornament at the top, table of contents below title.
p. 158: "A New Invented Machine for Spinning Wool and Cotton, Engraved for the Pennsylvania Magazine by Christopher Tully, who first Made and introduced this Machine into this Country" (Stauffer II.3328, p. 548).
p. 169: "Les Ruines de Grand Temple dans Palmyra. du cote de l'Occident," (right half only), published St. Paul's Churchyard, London [publisher or engraver not identified; London print inserted in this copy].
p.172: "Front view of a frame house resembling brick" [no engraver or designer identified].
p. 206: "New invented machine for deepening and cleansing docks" [no designer or engraver identified]
opp. p. 241: Frontispiece, June 1775: "A New Plan of Boston Harbor, from the Actual Survey," by Caleb Lownes (Stauffer II.2159, p. 356).
opp. p. 291: Frontispiece July 1775: "A New and Correct Plan of the Town of Boston and Provincial Camp, R.A.," engraved Robert Aitken (Stauffer.II.4, p. 3).
Artwork Details
- Title: Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum
- Publisher: Robert Aitken (American (born Scotland), Dalkeith 1735–1802 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Artist: one plate after Pierre Eugène du Simitière (American (born Switzerland), Geneva 1737–1784 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Engraver: Robert Aitken (American (born Scotland), Dalkeith 1735–1802 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Engraver: James Poupard (American, 18th century)
- Engraver: Caleb Lownes (American, ca. 1754–ca. 1828)
- Engraver: Christopher Tully (American, 18th century)
- Engraver: James Smither (American (born England), 1741–1797 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Published in: Philadelphia
- Date: 1775
- Medium: Illustrations: engraving
- Dimensions: 8 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (21 × 12 × 3 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1921
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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