Description: THE PENNY MAGAZINE May 31, 1834 Republic of San Marino the Manna Tree Caernarvon Castle This is a paper which is 190 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 x 11 inches in size, and is 8 pages long. It came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at the spine but is otherwise in excellent shape. This issue has four major articles: *** THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO. The first three pages of the paper are on this tiniest independent state in Europe, including a nice wood engraving on the cover of a scenic view in San Marino. *** THE MANNA TREE. This story has an attractive illustration (5.5x7.5 inches in size) of a man and woman collecting manna from a tree. It has over 3/4ths of a page of text (125 lines) on the manna tree, beginning, "The tree which produces the manna (Fraxinus ornus) is an ash of a peculiar quality . . . It is indigenous in the south of Italy and in Sicily." *** THE WILD DOG OF THE WESTERN GHAUTS OF INDIA. Almost 1/2 page. *** CAERNARVON CASTLE. The final page and a half of the issue are on the history of Caernarvon Castle in Wales, and features a woodcut view of the castle. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, the Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was a compact 7.5 x 11 inches in size, and every issue was illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 138 [gsp10206] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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