Description: THE PENNY MAGAZINE March 2, 1833 Bird of Paradise This is a weekly London paper which is over 190 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at its spine, plus a small amount of age browning, but is still in excellent and attractive overall condition. The front page is devoted to an attractive wood engraving titled: BIRDS OF PARADISE A caption below the engraving identifies the 5 bird varieties shown in the illustration: 1. Paradisea apoda. The Emerald 2. Paradisea aurea. The Siflet 3. The Incomparable. (Le Vaillant) 4. The Cloudy. (Le Vaillant) 5. Paradisea superba. The Superb The engraving is accompanied by an article that takes up almost all of the next page. It is 130 lines of text, and notes that The old accounts of the Birds of Paradise are striking examples of this disposition to substitute invention for reality. To correct those excesses, the article reports the current knowledge of these birds, and says, In the wood-cut at the head of this article we have grouped together some of the more splendid Birds of Paradise. . . . These gorgeous trappings of the various species of the Birds of Paradise excite the cupidity of man. The issue also has a page and a half, along with a woodcut, on Kenilworth Castle, of Warwickshire, England. And almost 2 pages on geological stratification, with 2 diagrams. *********************** 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 compact in size, and usually illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 59 [gsp10196] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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