NMLP P-034523 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-09

Salmagundi; or The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others

Washington Irving (with William Irving and James Kirke Paulding) · David Longworth (New York) · 1807

BAL states plainly that 'the final collation of Salmagundi has not been achieved' and that 'anything remotely resembling finality is impossible.' Known points include an early first-state reading 'Dress he!' on page 20 of Part I and a frontispiece portrait issued without a caption in its earliest state; individual numbers were themselves reprinted to meet demand, so complete sets often mix printings -- copies of Part I, for example, turn up in second- or third-printing states

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-034523 for "Salmagundi; or The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and Others" by Washington Irving (with William Irving and James Kirke Paulding) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-034523, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).