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Professionally rebound in Half Leather with Marbled boards and six compartment spine with raised gilt bands and gilt lettering. Binding in FINE Condition. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning. Else very clean & tight. Size 8.5 x 5.5 inches Text: Title; verso blank; Preface 2pp; Text; [11-622; Table 1pp; Index, 17pp. Scarce journal with lots of fascinating information on all subjects historical, literary, scientific and others. CONTENTS: Various Lists of Ships Taken by English, French and Spaniards Electricity P15, P81, P140, P183, P 260 Sick Cattle & Diftemper P17, P30, P34 P55, P64, P100, P153, P218, P445,446, P480, P565, P 599 Highway Robberies P45, P102, P198, P397, P 589 Proposed Tax on Coaches and other Vehicles. P 69 Tryal AND Execution of Lord Lovat P111, P151, P159, P184, P 197 Window Tax P102, P 257 Description of Iseland by M John Anderson P 171 Newly Invented machine for Land-Measure P 223 Complaint on Bad Roads P 233 Fire in coalpits at Whitehaven p 247 A Character of the Late Lord Bishop of Carlisle P 325 Letter from Whitehaven May 16, 1747 re Fire-Damp in deep Coal-Mines P 327 A Journey up to Crofs-fell Mountain. JS (J Smith) P 384 Mount Vesuvius P 416 The Elogy of Dr Halley P 455 Query Concerning the Mile-ftones on the Road to Bath P 459. Attack on the Cuftomhoufe at Poole in Dorsetfhire P 494 A Journey to Caudebec Fells, with a Map and Defcription of the fame. P 522 Wadd Mines explained P 583 An account of preperations made by F. Cave, for a new fet of County Maps P 597 On the Apparition at Souterfells &c P 61 ENGRAVINGS : Frontispiece FRANCE with its Acquired Territories in Germany, and the Netherlands By T. JEFFERYS, Geographer to his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales. ITALY By Mr D'Anville Geographer to the French King. Drawn and Engraved From the Original Publish'd at Paris, at the Expence of the Duke of Orleans. P 108 A View of the Scaffolding in Westminster Hall p148 A South View of the City of Genoa p 165 William III, King of England &c. Signed "P. Gunst Sculp' p 204 Rhinoceros, Scaling Ladder . Signed "T. Jefferys Sculp' p 210 The Heads of His Majesty, Ld Hardwick . p 252 Siege Machine, Stage for Clipping Trees. p 284 A Plan of Maestricht with the Adjacent Villages where the Battle was fought June 21 By T. Jefferys Geographer to his Royal Highness the prince of Wales p 300 A Poisonous Plant, An Improvement of the Backheaver Signed 'T. Jefferys Sculp' p 322 The Marquisate and Plan of Bergen Op Zoom with the French Camp and Attacks By an Engineer. 1747 p 348 A Water-field for paffing rivers, and its apperatus p 387 Mining, Sapping &c p436 A Plan of Breda with the Adjacent Countries By T. Jefferys Geographer to his Royal Highness the Prince p 453 Machine for Constant Motion and for Raifing Water p 459 A New Invented Drenching Spoon, A Chameleon Dissected p 461 A Remarkable White Bear p 501 The Caudebec Fells p 525 St John's Weftminfter p 549 Arthur Onslow Efq. Speaker of the Houfe of Commons fince 1727 p 596. Seller Inventory # 96185
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Gentleman's Magazine. VOLUME XVII. ...
Publisher: London Printed by Edw. Cave, at St John's Gate: 1747 1st Edition.
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