The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine; Or, Monthly Political and Literary Censor.

Verlag: J. Plymsell, 1799

The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine; Or, Monthly Political and Literary Censor.  From July to December, (Inclusive,) 1798, With an Appendix, Containing an Ample Review of Foreign Literature, Volume I. (Embellished with Plates.) Printed, for the Proprietors, By J. Plymsell, London, 1799.  From January to April, 1799, (Embellished with Plates), 1799.  May-August 1799, two plates. (Lacking title) August-December 1799, 1800 (no plates)  January to April 1800, 1800 (no plates)  Bound in contemporary 3/4 leather, 9 x 5.75 , 8vo.  In good condition. Handsomely bound in 3/4 leather in the last few decades. Minimal wear to extremities. Original bookplate of James Blackwell Praed Esq (1779-1837) on pastedowns. Praed was a member of Parliament, being elected in 1835. He was the son of William Praed Esq. of Trevethow, County, Cornwall, MP for St. Ives and Elizabeth Syningham. Offsetting from plates on flys. Internally all good with typical age toning and minor instances of foxing. Feb. 1799 plate repaired with non-archival tape (Volume II). Small tears with loss at front end papers of Volume IV. Folding plates all in good working order. A few small tears to seams. Light foxing throughout. Free of known marginalia. Bindings are tight and intact. Not all engravings present. Many plates by James Gillray. A sturdy, secure reading set. Please see photos.  First five volumes nicely rebound of The Anti-Jacobin Review. The Review was a conservative British political periodical active from 1798-1821. Founded by John Gifford after the demise of William Gifford s The Anti-Jacobin, or Weekly Examiner, the journal contained essays, reviews and satirical engravings. Described as ultra-Tory and often scurrilous the publican was a vocal elements of the British Anti-Jacobin backlash against the ideals of the French Revolution. Contributors include Robert Bisset, John Bowles, Arthur Cayley, James Gillray, Gorge Gleig, Samuel Henshall, James Hurdis, James Mill, John Oxlee, Richard Penn, Richard Polwhele, John Skinner, William Stevens and John Whitaker. Gifford called the periodical a champion of religion, morality, and social order, as supported by existing establishments, ecclesiastical and civil, of this country. Here is a list of the FOLDING PLATES included in these volumes with descriptions. Eight total - three by Gillray, three by Rowlandson, and two by Chapman. Volume 1 - a 1798 uncoloured etching by James Gillray - A peep into the cave of Jacobinism. Truth', fully draped, her name on her belt, hurries forward, holding up an irradiated torch which directs darts of lightning at creatures in the mouth of a cave (left). This is formed by an arch of rocks, from which 'The Lethean Stream' emerges. Jacobinism, a creature with scaly legs and long serpent-like tail (like 'Sin' in BMSat 8105), naked except for bonnet-rouge and a belt inscribed 'Egalit[é]' in which is a dagger, kneels terror-struck, shrinking from the darts of Truth; he drops his pen and a mask falls from his face. His ink-bottle, inscribed 'Gall', is overturned. Beside him is a heap of pamphlets, which the lightning from Truth's torch has set on fire. They are 'Libels', 'Defamation', 'Sedition', 'Ignorance', 'Anarchy', 'Atheism', 'Abuse'. Toads crawl from under them and drop into the adjacent 'Lethean Stream'. Owls and bats fly off into the recesses of the cave. On Truth's forehead is an irradiated star; she points up with her left hand at an open book resting upon clouds: 'Anti-Jacobin Review & Mag[azine]'. Above her head fly two winged infants holding up between them a crown; one holds the cross of Religion, the other the scales of Justice. After the title is etched "Magna est Veritas et prævalebit" [the motto of the review]. 1 September 1798 Also in Volume 1 - a 1798 uncoloured etching by James Gillray - Evidence to character; -being a portrait of a traitor, by his friends & by himself. Folding pl. (also issued separately) to 'Anti-Jacobin illustrating extracts from a pamphlet publ. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers RAREB1798OSTL

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Titel: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine; Or, ...
Verlag: J. Plymsell
Erscheinungsdatum: 1799
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Good
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