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The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1792, volume LXII.
by URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1792 French Revolution Padouca Comanche INDIANS Americana USA Africa SCIENCE
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This 1792 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
· Observations of the Aurora Borealis
· Botanical discovery off the west coast of North America
· Accounts of white Indians
o Descriptions of the Padouca, or Comanche, tribes around the Missouri River
· John Milton's notes on the Maccabees, books of the Bible
· Proposed English taxes on marriages and funerals
· Reports from Sierra Leone, Africa
· French Revolution: arrest of Louis XVI of France
Item number: #20124
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1792, volume LXII.
London: printed by John Nichols, 1792. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. 1 – iv, 583 (i.e, 587), [15]
o Vol. 2 – [3], 587-1236, 8
o Illustrated with 35 engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20124
- Title
- The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1792, volume LXII.
- Author
- URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Nichols
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1792
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1792 French Revolution Padouca Comanche INDIANS Americana USA Africa SCIENCE , rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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