Urban, Sylvanus [pseudonym of publisher David Henry]
Title
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, and Historical Chronicle. Volume LI. For the YEAR MDCCLXXXI [1781]. Part I January-June 1781 and Part II July-December 1781.
PlacePub
London
Publisher
J. Nichols, for D. Henry, late of St. John's Gate; and sold by E. Newbery
Date
1781
Illustrations
Copperplates (3 of 8 called for in Vol 1, all 7 as called for in Vol 2, 5 plates are folding).
Description
Two Volumes each containing 6 monthly issues, plus Supplement for the Year 1781 in Vol 2. Contemporary leather-spined marbled boards (spine leather worn, date & title neatly inked in). Text complete: iv (general titlepage for year & preface) +633pp +[15]pp index. Each monthly issue has a "titlepage" with a view of St. John's Gate. Very clean nice copies internally with paper strong & supple. *Includes extensive accounts of the revolutionary war in America, naval battles with the French, campaigns in India (Madras) and the usual parliamentary reports, literary reviews, marriages & deaths. Report with folding copperplate of "American Stoves" designed by Benjamin Franklin when he lived in Philadelphia, Dr. Lindsay's new Theory of Water-spouts illustrated in a fine folding plate, and detailed Account by Commodore George Johnstone of his Engagement with the French fleet at Madeira with another fine folding plate showing the Station of the Ships in Port Praya Bay.
Booknumber
V72329
Price
Price: GBP 250.00 or USD 308.00
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