The Gentleman's Magazine for 1748 (12 monthly Parts)

Sylvanus Urban

Edité par Edward Cave., 1748

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600 pp + 20 page subject index with names of authors of the poetry and articles + monthly title pages. Engraved maps and plates: With 2 folding maps of both Norfolk (UK) and Africa with a map of the Baltic Sea (which has been repaired along fold lines at the bottom area). and a plan of Maestricht. Also 10 copper plates of heraldic interest with coats of arms + Thomas Yeoman ?Weighing Engine? + Plan of the houses burned down or partly destroyed in the Fire in Cornhill the previous month (full page woodcut plate) + 2 cross section views of a Man-o-War and her riggings and compartments + Solar system and astrolabe by Thomas Jeffery?s (as are both the Africa and Baltic Sea maps) a total of 22 engraved plates and maps and also woodcuts in the text (a couple mentioned on plate list never been bound in). Original quarter calf worn and paper boards also, map of the Baltic repaired with archive clear tape along folds. Contents good only with some browning and general wear through handling, text clear, minor edge splits. Sold as described. **Note: A useful work of articles, letters and observations on curiosities and medical/scientific/geographical and geological interests. Octavo. 1748.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Gentleman's Magazine for 1748 (12 monthly Parts)
• Éditeur: Edward Cave.
• Date de parution: 1748
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: T.Jeffreys + Thomas Kitchen
• Édition: 1st Edition
• État de l'article: Good
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