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Weitere BilderThe Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine ; Or Monthly Political and Literary Censor. From January to April, (Inclusive) 1799 - With an Appendix, containing An Ample Review of Foreign Literature. [This being the Rare Volume which deals with the 1798 Irish Rebellion and its aftermath reflected in publications]. Volume II (Embellished with Plates)
[Gifford, John / Gifford William] / Whittle, Thomas (Publisher) / Rowlandson, Thomas (Illustrator) / Davison, Alexander (Illustrator)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: London, Printed for the Proprietors, by J. Plymell, at the Anti-Jacobin Press, 1799
- Softcover
- Erstausgabe
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In den WarenkorbZustand: Sehr gut. Octavo (14 cm wide x 22.5 cm high). IV, 586 pages. With three Illustrations (Two XXL-Fold-out Caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson and one Engraving on Nelson in Octavo by Alexander Davison). Hardcover / Original, very decorative half-leather with gilt lettering and prnament on spine and marbled-paper-covered boar…ds. In protective Collectors-Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very Rare original edition in its original binding ! Includes the following, original engravings: 1. Thomas Rowlandson: Extra-Large Fold-Out Plate by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson: "A charm for a Democracy, reviewed, analysed & destroyed Jany 1st 1799 to the confusion of its affiliated friends". Size: 46.5 cm wide x 30.7 cm high / Condition: Very minor tear only but overall in excellent condition. 2. Alexander Davison: "Nelson's Medal" Engraved by permission of Alexander Davison Size: 21.7 cm wide x 12 cm high / Minor, faded dampstain to margin only. 3. Thomas Rowlandson: Extra-Large Fold-Out Plate by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson: "An Irish Howl" (With the famously bullied "Map of Ireland") Size: 36.7 cm wide x 28 cm high / Excellent condition ! This is Volume II of "The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine. The Volume includes four monthly sections from January, 1799 - April, 1799 plus an Appendix January 1799 includes for example the following Essays (just a selection): Article I. Thomas Walter Williams, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law: "An Abridgement of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Law, during the Reign of his present Majesty King George III" Article II. Robinson's View of the Causes and Consequences of English Wars Article VII. A Short Account of the Principal Proceedings of Congress, in the late Session, and a Sketch of the State of Affairs between the United States and France, in July 1798 - In a Letter from Robert Goodloe Harper, Esq. of South Carolina, to one of his Constituents. ["The Genius of Demnocracy.] Article XI. An Address to the People on the present relative Situation of England and France, with reflections on the Genius of Democracy and on Parliamentary Reform. By Robert Fellowes. Article XII. Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796 and 1797. By Isaac Weld, junior The March Section includes for example on of the many articles and reviews on publications which deal with the Irish Rebellion: "Original Criticism": Art. I: "Essays on the political Circumstances in Ireland, writtend uring the Administration of Earl Camden, with an Appendix, containing Thoughts on the Will of the People" By Alexander Knox etc. etc. The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, or, Monthly Political and Literary Censor, was a British conservative political journal active from 1798 to 1821. Founded by John Gifford after the cancellation of William Gifford's periodical Anti-Jacobin, the journal contained essays, reviews, and satirical engravings. Its content has been described as "often scurrilous" and "ultra-Tory" and was a prominent element of British hostility to Jacobinism and the broader ideals of the French Revolution. The first edition was published on 1 August 1798 and was advertised in The Times as "containing Original Criticism; a Review of the Reviewers; Miscellaneous Matter in Prose and Verse, Lists of Marriages, Births, Deaths and Promotions; and a Summary of Foreign and Domestic Politics." Gifford served as its editor until 1806. The periodical was covertly funded by the British government. Contributors included Robert Bisset (1758/91805), John Bowles (17511819), Arthur Cayley (17761848), James Gillray, George Gleig, Samuel Henshall (1764/51807), James Hurdis, James Mill, John Oxlee (17791854), Richard Penn (1733/41811), Richard Polwhele, John Skinner (17441816), William Stevens (17321807), and John Whitaker (17351808), though as items were frequently published anonymously attributions are often unclear. Gifford called the pe.
