“Antiquarian.” A REVIEW OF THE ARTICLE ON CONTINENTAL MONEY, IN HARPER’S MAGAZINE FOR MARCH 1863. No place of publication: Privately Printed, 1863. 8vo, later plain paper covers with the label of Charles Allen Lewis, Indianapolis. 8 pages. A worn copy, stained and with tape repairs. Good. Two typewritten sheets with material on the subject by Clarence Brigham laid in. [with] (Lossing, Benson J.) CONTINENTAL MONEY. Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Vol. XXVI, No. CLIV (March 1863). 8vo, removed from the original issue and stitched. (433)–448 pages including first page of following article; illustrated. Very good. A devastating critique of American historical author Benson John Lossing’s well-known (but unsigned) article on Continental currency, along with a copy of the article in question. Incidentally, Lossing was the first honorary member of the American Numismatic Society, having been accorded that honor on June 17, 1858. The review was originally intended for publication in the Historical Magazine but it grew so much in size that it was “deemed advisable to present it in a separate form.” A wonderfully wicked tract. “Antiquarian” (almost certainly Henry Phillips) writes in part: “The whole of the sketch which is not original is old, and all the original part is bad. It bears, whenever accurate, a very strong family likeness to a pamphlet written and published about twenty years since, by the late Samuel Breck, on the same subject; which pamphlet, though rare, is by no means unique. In many instances we find word for word, the two articles to agree, and it is astonishing what an anticipatory plagiarist Mr. Breck has been; only if he knew who was coming after him, he would probably have given him all due credit. On the last page of the article, we find a quotation from a letter (?) of Mr. B. to the author, which will be found verbatim et literatum, in the pamphlet spoken of. Mr. Breck’s pamphlet, though not entirely correct nor complete, is far preferable to this later fiasco. We trust next time, Mr. Breck will meet with a more honest and more able exponent, the ‘loss-in’ whose hands will not be so great.” And this is only the second page of a six page review! The “Antiquarian” critique is very rare, with this being only the second copy we’ve handled.