The London Magazine : or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer. Vol. XLIV For the Year 1775 [January - June]

[Mayo, Henry (Editor)]

Verlag: R. Baldwin, [London], 1775

Beschreibung

White paper/boards; white vellum spine with black lettering/date stamped onto upper spine. 324 pp. with a bw frontis engraving (a political statement about England and America, France and Spain), highly-decorative bw title page with florid lettering and image of the London skyline and River Thames, 7 bw engraved plates (including 4 folding), and occasional bw illustrations and charts within text; each month's title page has the same decorative bw image as the main title page. The engravings were done specifically for this publication. The folding plates include two musical ditties (recto/verso); a map of The Northern Archipelago in the Seas of Kamtschatka & Anadir [now known as The Aleutian Islands]; A New Map of the Counties of Fife and Kinross [Scotland]; and A Correct Draught of The River Thames from it's Spring in Glocester Shire to it's Influx Into The Sea, With a table of All The Bridges, Locks, Wears, etc. The London Magazine was founded in 1732 in political opposition to the Tory-based Gentleman's Magazine and ran for 53 years until its closure in 1785. Edward Kimber became editor in 1755, succeeding his father Isaac Kimber. Henry Mayo became editor in 1775. - (Wikipedia.) Includes accounts of the Battle at Lexington and Concord in the June issue. A significant Volume. Fair+ cover soiled and worn, the whole still together and readable, in original period utility binding. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 162406

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The London Magazine : or Gentleman's Monthly...

Verlag: R. Baldwin, [London]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1775

Auflage: Original Edition, not a reprint.