This is a nicely bound volume of "PETERSON'S MAGAZINE" containing 12 issues (January to December) for the year 1877. The volume is richly illustrated with beautifully detailed full-page engravings, women's fashion, embroidery/crochet patterns (some in color), and illustrated advertisements. Bound in three-quarter leather with gilt lettering and four raised bands on the spine. Contents include both fiction and non-fiction pieces, music, poetry, articles on fashion, etc. The contents for the 1st half of the year ("Volume 71" January - June) appear at the front, and the contents for the 2nd half of the year ("Volume 72" July - December) appear at the center.