THE AMERICAN APOLLO, Boston, May 25, 1792   An 16 page magazine featuring a large engraving on the front wrapper.
Inside is the continued: "Memoirs of the Life of Fernando Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico", the continued: "Curious Account of the Hot Spouting Water Springs in Iceland", and 2 pages taken up with the: "...List of the Acts Passed at the Late Session of Congress" with other news under: "American Intelligence".
A scarce periodical which lasted but 39 issues, from Jan. 6 thru Sept. 28, 1792.
Sixteen pages, 5 3/4 by 9 inches, never bound nor trimmed with wide, deckle-edge margins. More typically these issues do not have the outer wrappers, but fortunately this issue does.

Background: The presence of these specific features and articles in a single 1792 issue of The American Apollo highlights a critical inflection point in post-Revolutionary America, where the young republic was actively constructing its national identity, civic infrastructure, and intellectual footprint. By printing the official "Acts of Congress" during George Washington’s presidency, the periodical served as a vital mechanism for democratic transparency, binding a geographically scattered populace to the rule of law and the daily operations of their new federal government. Simultaneously, the inclusion of serialized accounts of European exploration in Iceland and the Spanish conquest of Mexico underscores an Enlightenment-era desire among early Americans to position themselves not as an isolated provincial outpost, but as cosmopolitan participants in global scientific inquiry and historical analysis. Furthermore, the survival of the fragile, engraved outer wrapper—a component almost universally discarded during 18th-century bookbinding—renders this short-lived publication an invaluable material artifact of early American print culture, illustrating both the premium placed on visual arts in the early republic and the sophisticated, untrimmed craftsmanship of pioneering Boston printers.