The Polyanthos Enlarged. Volume II [1813 Bound Volume of Six Issues: March; May; June; July; August; September)

Octavo. 332, [3] pages. Hardcover bound in original quarter dark brown leather with marbled paper-covered boards. The binding is rubbed and bumped. The front hinge is just starting to crease, but the binding is sound. A name is ink stamped on the fort cover bus is difficult to read. The front flyleaf has an attractive bookplate (appears to be early 20th century) of "Eldon S. Dummit". This was likely Eldon Steven Summit (1896-1973), the 34th Attorney General of Kentucky and the Republican candidate for Governor of Kentucky in 1947. The text block is sound, and the text is toned. The Engraved title page states 1812, but the issues are for 1813. Contains 6 issues for March, 1813 through September, 1813, without an issue for April (possibly never published; the pagination is continuous and not lacking pages). There are 5 full--page copperplate engravings, including the engraved title. The other engravings are: Hon. William Heath; Hon. Theodore Sedgwick; Boston Common (with a tree); and His Excellency Caleb Strong, Governor of Massachusetts. The focus of this journal was the arts and theater, but some of the issues also had information on leaders who participated in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. The focus of this journal was the arts and theater, but some of the issues also had information on leaders who participated in the War of 1812 and the American Revolution. This volume of 6 issues contains articles on William Heath, Commodore Stephen Decatur, Governor Caleb Strong of Massachusetts, and the old Brick Meeting House of Boston.…