Author: Urban, Sylvanus
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume VI. For the Year Mdccxxxvi
Description: London, Printed by Edward Cave at St. John's Gate, 1736. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. Frontis, iv, 787, [17] pp. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement and frontis plate: Map of the Old World "as it appeared before God destroyed it with the waters of the Flood." State of Sugar Colonies, Planters, Indians beat French. Pagination: Frontis, iv, [2], 3-56; [2], 59-107, [1] {misnum pages follow- 64, 55, 66}; [2], 115-162, [1],166-171, [1]; [2], 175-236; [2], {num 236 repeated} 235-296 {pg 295 misnum 173}; [2], 299-360; [2], 363-408, {skips 409-412} 413-428; [2], 431-49; [2], 495-555, [1]; [2], {p. 560 misnum 590} 589-623 {misnum 693}, [1]; [2],627-687 {660 misnum 670}, [1]; [2], 691-751 {724 misnum 624}, [1]; suppl. 745-787, [17] pp. "Cave began the Gentleman's Magazine in January 1731, thus giving birth to one of the major publishing forms of the modern era, the magazine. It began modestly as a digest of London newspapers and periodicals for country customers (an orientation signaled in Cave's editorial pseudonym, Sylvanus Urban), but it went on to prosper and survive until 1922." (ODNB). A fair ex-lib copy, contents about very good, no external marks, a few internal stamps; spine & textblock split, head and tail bands lacking, boards chipped and scuffed, and detached. index trimmed too close to text on several pages, contents clean.

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