1878 PETERSON'S MAGAZINE Volume of 12 Bound Issues (Jan - Dec), Color Patterns, Fashion Illustrations, order Fine Leather Binding

This is a nicely bound volume of "PETERSON'S MAGAZINE" containing 12 issues (January to December) for the year 1878. The volume is richly illustrated with beautifully detailed full-page engravings, women's fashion, embroidery/crochet patterns (some in color), and illustrated advertisements. Bound in three-quarter leather with gilt lettering and four raised bands on the spine. Contents include both fiction and non-fiction pieces, music, poetry, articles on fashion, etc. The contents for the 1st half of the year ("Volume 73" January - June) appear at the front, and the contents for the 2nd half of the year ("Volume 74" July - December) appear at the center.

Condition:
There is a 4" scratch line near the center of the back cover; sharp corners; wear along the edges of the boards. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. There is a 2" paper tear at the gutter between the front end paper and pastedown. The pages are in generally nice condition with occasional foxing and some staining here order and there; heavier foxing to the frontispiece. There is an inscription written in pen dated 1880 on the front end paper. "RECHEL" stamped in ink on the rear pastedown. The January-June issues contain 3 of the 7 called-for color patterns; the July-December issues contain 4 of the 7 called-for color patterns. Occasional tears to the pages. A few of the tissue guards over the color patterns have old, partial outlines of faces drawn in pencil. Overall the volume is in Good- condition.