Author: Urban, Sylvanus
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume XI. For the Year Mdccxli
Description: London, Printed by Edw. Cave, at St. John's Gate, 1741. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. [2], 706, [16] pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates and wood-cuts. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. Plates include: Facsimile of a Letter from John Gaudy, Serjeant at Law, to the Corporation of Lynn, supposedly written in the reign of Henry VIII; Map of Germany; A Roman Altar at Cast-steeds, Cumberland. Pagination:[2], [2], 3-55 {6 misnum as 4}, [1], [2],64-111 {88 skips to 93}, [1], [2],116-167, [1], [2], 171-223, [1], [2], 227-279, [1], [2], 283-335 [1], [2], 339-391, [1], [2], 395-448, [2],451-503, [1], [2], 507-557 {547-8 are repeated}, [1], [2], 561-613, [1], [2], 617-669, [1], suppl 671-706, [16] 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, pocket on front paste-down: a few stamps, boards detached, chipped, and scuffed; spine dry, detached free rear end-paper. Lacking woodcut of a Shilling and a Guinea, Coins of George the First; Medals of Thyatira and Thalestris.
Keywords: Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, Book
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume XI. For the Year Mdccxli
Description: London, Printed by Edw. Cave, at St. John's Gate, 1741. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. [2], 706, [16] pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates and wood-cuts. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. Plates include: Facsimile of a Letter from John Gaudy, Serjeant at Law, to the Corporation of Lynn, supposedly written in the reign of Henry VIII; Map of Germany; A Roman Altar at Cast-steeds, Cumberland. Pagination:[2], [2], 3-55 {6 misnum as 4}, [1], [2],64-111 {88 skips to 93}, [1], [2],116-167, [1], [2], 171-223, [1], [2], 227-279, [1], [2], 283-335 [1], [2], 339-391, [1], [2], 395-448, [2],451-503, [1], [2], 507-557 {547-8 are repeated}, [1], [2], 561-613, [1], [2], 617-669, [1], suppl 671-706, [16] 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, pocket on front paste-down: a few stamps, boards detached, chipped, and scuffed; spine dry, detached free rear end-paper. Lacking woodcut of a Shilling and a Guinea, Coins of George the First; Medals of Thyatira and Thalestris.
Keywords: Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, Book
Price: US$ 200.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 40160
- Book number: 40160