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The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1798, volume LXVIII.
by URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1798 1ed FLORIDA & LOUISANA Colonies Vesuvius Napoleon Yellow Fever Plague RARE
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 1798 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
· English Naval losses near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
· Admiral Nelson commands and military decisions
· Yellow Fever epidemic in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia from the West Indies
· English control of Cape of Good Hope
· Description of the eruption of Vesuvius and the uncovering of its ruins
· Secession of Florida and Louisiana from Spain to France
· Irish Rebellion of 1798
· Napoleon's campaign to Egypt
Item number: #20125
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1798, volume LXVIII.
London: printed by John Nichols, 1798. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [2], 545, [21]
o Vol. 2 – [3], 550-1158, [22]
o Illustrated with 26 engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20125
- Title
- The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1798, volume LXVIII.
- 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
- 1798
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1798 1ed FLORIDA & LOUISANA Colonies Vesuvius Napoleon Yellow Fever Plague RARE, 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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