Author: Urban, Sylvanus
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume XV. For the Year Mdccxlv
Description: London, Printed by Edw. Cave, jun. at St. John's Gate, 1745. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. [2], 710, [18] pp. Illus. with 5 wood-cuts and 7 musical scores. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. With an extra plate ( Plan of the City of Edinburgh) not listed in Charles St Barbe"s index. Jacobite rising of 1745. (Battle of Gladsmuir in Scotland). Illustrations include: Inscription at Slaughter Bridge, near Camelford, Cornwall; A Back-heaver, a machine for winnowing corn; A Plan of the City of Edinburgh; A Plan of the Battle of Gladsmuir in Scotland; A Plan of Carlisle, Cumberland. Pagination: [2], [2], 3-56, [2], 59-112, [2], 115-168, [2], 172-224, [2], 227-280 {253 misnum 542}, [2], 283-336, [2], 339-392, [2], 395-448, [2], 451-504, [2], 507-553 {543 misnum 443}, {skips 556-560}, [2], 564-616, [2], 619-672, suppl 673-710 {skips 677-680}, [18] pp. Music: 98, 156, 217, 390, 444, 503, 673. "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 pastedown; free front endpaper detached, detached boards; spine and boards chipped, scuffed, and dry.
Keywords: Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, Scotland Jacobite rising 1745, Book
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine: And Historical Chronicle. Volume XV. For the Year Mdccxlv
Description: London, Printed by Edw. Cave, jun. at St. John's Gate, 1745. First edition. Quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges. [2], 710, [18] pp. Illus. with 5 wood-cuts and 7 musical scores. 8vo. Complete set of 12 issues with supplement. With an extra plate ( Plan of the City of Edinburgh) not listed in Charles St Barbe"s index. Jacobite rising of 1745. (Battle of Gladsmuir in Scotland). Illustrations include: Inscription at Slaughter Bridge, near Camelford, Cornwall; A Back-heaver, a machine for winnowing corn; A Plan of the City of Edinburgh; A Plan of the Battle of Gladsmuir in Scotland; A Plan of Carlisle, Cumberland. Pagination: [2], [2], 3-56, [2], 59-112, [2], 115-168, [2], 172-224, [2], 227-280 {253 misnum 542}, [2], 283-336, [2], 339-392, [2], 395-448, [2], 451-504, [2], 507-553 {543 misnum 443}, {skips 556-560}, [2], 564-616, [2], 619-672, suppl 673-710 {skips 677-680}, [18] pp. Music: 98, 156, 217, 390, 444, 503, 673. "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 pastedown; free front endpaper detached, detached boards; spine and boards chipped, scuffed, and dry.
Keywords: Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, , Britain, Newspapers & Periodicals, Scotland Jacobite rising 1745, Book
Price: US$ 200.00 Seller: Kaaterskill Books
- Book number: 40164
- Book number: 40164