Set Reminder2024-04-18 12:00:002024-04-18 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : How History Unfolds on Paper: Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part IX https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/how-history-unfolds-on-paper-choice-selections-from-the-eric-c-caren-collection-part-ix-21908 This ninth sale from Eric Caren's archives offers a bird's eye view of history from a printed, manuscript, and photographic perspective.
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The Idiot, or, Invisible Rambler. Vol. 1, No. 7. Boston, 21 February 1818. 4pp., 4to (298 x 241 mm). Woodcut caricature in masthead, one woodcut in text. (Browning, old folds, small split at central fold, old binding residue along spine). THE FIRST AMERICAN COMIC STRIP. It is distinguished from earlier, mostly political, cartoons, in that it featured a recurring character who spoke in word balloons.