Peterson's Ladies' Magazine -

Philadelphia, 1873. Vol. 63, No. 1 (January 1873) to Vol. 64, No. 6 (December 1873), comprising 12 issues in all, the complete year, bound in red leather and cloth. Octavo. Binding is VG, with rubbing. Contents are VG, with the usual foxing; November fashion page with two long tears. All double-page handcolored fashion plates and color needlepoint patterns present. Charles Peterson began his ladies monthly in January 1842 as a down-scale competitor to Godey's Lady's Book. While it was an immediate success, it didn't eclipse its rival until the 1860s. Then for more than a generation it was the leading fashion magazine in America, especially notable after the war for its double-page hand-colored fashion plates. It was published, like Godey's, until 1898.. Red Leather & Cloth. See Description. Octavo.