The universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure containing news, letters, debatesà and other arts and sciences, which may render it instructive and entertaining to gentry, merchants, farmers and tradesmenà Vols 72 & 73 [Jan. to Dec. 1783].

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Verlag: London: Stephen Austen Cumberlege successor to Mr John Hinton, 1783

Beschreibung

1st ed. 2 vols in 1: Frontis, ii, 3 û [227], 279 û 387, 378 û [380], 391 û 438p + 18 further plates as called for; frontis, 1 û 232, 232 û 239, 249 û 352, 351 û 355, 358 û 387, [5]p + 16 further plates as called for. Original quarter calf, worn, the front board hanging on a thread. Some minor tears, chips to occasional page edges. The idiosyncratic pagination is down to mis-numbering, not missing pages. Contents include an abbreviated edition of Fanny BurneyÆs novel Cecilia, AristoÆs Orlando Furioso, a folded map of France; plates include heads of Sully, Linnaeus, new scaffold at the Old Bailey, &c, &c. A decent copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers wb17124

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Titel: The universal magazine of knowledge and ...

Verlag: London: Stephen Austen Cumberlege successor to Mr John Hinton

Erscheinungsdatum: 1783

Auflage: 1. Auflage