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The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1797, volume LXVII.
by URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1797 Gentleman's Magazine George Washington Gunpowder Treason Fawkes Napoleon
The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.
This 1797 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
· George Washington's speeches to Congress
· Capture of Trinidad
· Steam engines used in coin making
· Ship Building
· Cannon firing, gunpowder
· Slave trade
· John Locke
· Physical descriptions of a kangaroo
· Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
· Details on reformations occurring in Paris (French Rev)
· Freemasons in Europe and America
· Gunpowder Treason and Plot / Guy Fawkes
· Unexpected rise in the number of wolves in France
· William Pitt
Item number: #20122
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1797, volume LXVII.
London: printed by John Nichols, 1797. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. I – iv, 535, [17]
o Vol. II – [3], 538-1138, [20]
o Illustrated with 31 engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20122
- Title
- The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1797, volume LXVII.
- Author
- URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Nichols
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1797
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1797 Gentleman’s Magazine George Washington Gunpowder Treason Fawkes Napoleon, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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