1865 – Harper’s Weekly | Civil War Era Magazine – Abe Lincoln Funeral Coverage

Harper’s Weekly was an early American magazine published by Harper. Beginning in 1857, it was a primary source of news, fiction stories, humor, satire, and a number of other topics. This 1865 first edition of ‘Harper’s Weekly’ includes all of the 52 issues of the magazine from that year in an enormous folio book. This edition features the illustrations of the most prestigious illustrators of the time.

This is of particular interest as it was published during the end of the American Civil War.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Harper’s Weekly: Journal of Civilization
• Author(s): Various contributors
• Publisher: New York: Harper
• Edition: First edition, 1865.
• Binding: Leather and marbled boards
• Format: Folio, single volume
• Size:  16 in x 12 in (41 cm x 31 cm)
• Collation: 832 pp; complete with 52 issues
• Illustrations: Numerous engravings, maps, portraits, and caricatures throughout
• Contents Include:
  • Extensive War details
    • General Sherman in Savannah Georgia
    • Ironclads – The Monadnock, Juniata, The Dunderburg
    • Sea battles, harbors attacks
    • Military Prisons
    • House of Representative during the passage of the proposition to amend the constitution
    • Capture of Petersburg Virginia
  • Lincoln’s Re-Inauguration
  • Lincoln Funeral
  • Trial of Conspirators
  • Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph
  • Suez Canal
  • Seizure of Fenian Weapons in Ireland
  • Impressive illustrations of maps, caricatures of abolitionists, portraits of Methodists, Mormons, and other religious groups, and many other things.

Condition:

Good. Binding is tight and secure with leather corners and marbled boards showing heavy wear. Pages exhibit heavy toning. Text and illustrations remain legible.

Why Collect This?

• Complete year of Harper’s Weekly during the Civil War’s conclusion
• Includes coverage of Lincoln’s death and national events

Item Number: # 50638