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The Massachusetts Magazine, an early colonial journal, was published between 1789 and 1796. The journal included illustrated articles and observations on everything from poetry, music, architecture, and history to agriculture, chemistry, morality, and marriage.

The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, 1789–96
Boston: Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews, 1789–96
Serial publication, illustrated; 8 vols.; H. 9 1/2 in. (24 cm)

Purchased with income from the Library Fund (018 M38)

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Altar Frontal with Man of Sorrows and Saints, ca. 1465

The Ring Toss, 1899

Christ Carrying the Cross, ca. 1580

Couple d'amoureux dans un petit café, quartier Italie, ca. 1932, printed ca. 1970

Group of four vases, ca. 2300–2000 B.C.; Early Bronze Age

Brazier, second half of the 13th century; Mamluk

Fragmentary Head of a Queen, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.; Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten; New Kingdom

VVV, Nos. 1 (June 1942)–4 (February 1944)

Statuette of Herakles, last quarter of the 6th century B.C.; Archaic

Heart Scarab of Hatnofer, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, ca. 1466 B.C.

[Large Figures on the North Porch, Chartres Cathedral], 1852

A Hunting Scene

Two Lovers, 1630; Safavid

Woman in a Blue Dress, ca. 1900

Figure from Ceremonial Housepost, 19th–early 20th century


Woman with a Parrot, 1866

Dune Landscape with Oak Tree, 1650–55

Tile, ca. 1270–80; Ilkhanid

The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, 1789–96

Dress, ca. 1924

Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century

Prancing Horse, ca. 1391–1353 B.C.E.; late Dynasty 18, probably reign of Amenhotep III; New Kingdom

Armor of Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias, 1712

The Grand Canal, Venice, ca. 1835

Female Figure, before 1960;

The Young Virgin, ca. 1632–33

Saint Anthony Abbot Tempted by a Heap of Gold, ca. 1435

Kora (Harp-Lute), ca. 1960

Plaques: winged creatures approaching stylized trees, Neo-Assyrian period; 8th–7th century B.C.

Library Table, 1882


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