[ASTRONOMY]. The Sidereal Messenger. A Monthly Journal, devoted to Astronomical Science. Volume I, Nos. 1-16. Cincinnati: E. Shepard, 1848. Plates and illustrations. 4to, 16 numbers bound in one, modern buckram; most original wrappers bound in at end (some very browned, one torn), ex-library copy (U.S.C. and G. Survey, Library and Archives) with stamp on general title-page. "...the first popular Astronomical periodical ever attempted (so far as we know) in any language"--Introductory remarks, Vol. I, No. 1.