Rare First Edition of Grahams Magazine January-December 1847. Incudes works from a variety of prominent writers and artists from the Victorian era. Edgar Allen Poe offers Literary Criticism on the latest books of the day, James Fenimore Cooper (Last of the Mohicans) continues with his Islets of the Gulf installments from the previous year. Also includes works from the famous 19th century Naturalist Henry David Thoreau.
Stunning Steel plate illustrations throughout with hand painted watercolor art. Condition: Spine is broken (see pictures) but the pages are intact, staining on some pages, and a few pages are ripped but a very readable copy and is reflected in the pr.