Printed advertisement for 'The First Volume of the Athenaeum, A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information. (Published Monthly)'

2pp., 12mo. Stabbed as issued. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with wear to two edges. The first page reads: 'This day is published, price 12s. 6d. in extra boards, | The First Volume of the Athenaeum, A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous Information. (Published Monthly) containing, [there follows a list of eighteen topics, in two columns] | Conducted by J. Aikin, M.D. | London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-row; and Cadell and Davies, Strand.' In bottom right-hand corner of page: '(Turn over)'. The whole of the reverse carries an 'ADVERTISEMENT', beginning: 'THE Proprietors of the Athenaeum cannot permit their first Volume to go into the world without expressing their gratitude for the encouragement with which the work has been honoured, and which equals their highest expectations.' Aikin's magazine is not to be confused with the later journal of the same name. Scarce: no copies on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC.