The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle Volume XXXIII for the Year MDCCLIII 1753

Sylvanus Urban, Gent.

Published by Edward Cave, 1753

About this Item

The bound edition, including all 12 issues of The Gentleman's Magazine for 1753, with a Preface and Indices. Original front board covered with worn marbled paper with very worn leather spine. The back board is missing. Owner's name cut from the title page, otherwise internally clean and tight. B + w illustrations, including Pliny's Grotto del Cane, Glastonbury Pump Room, Llanroost Bridge, the poison wood and purple gross beak, St Thomas's Chapel on the Pier of London Bridge, history of Spain (hand coloured) shields of new baronets, St Philips Church South Carolina, etc, Fold out illustrations include the Corn Factors Exchange in Mark Lane, the new roads from Westminster Bridge, the port of Callao. a depiction of Incas and llamas. Includes poetry, book reviews, music (including a song in arabic), Boston and Philadelphia compared (lacks the map) the Jews Bill, an antique stone in London Wall, antiquities of Northumberland, an anecdote of Sir Godfrey Kneller, receipt for the gout, ventilators in hospitals, historical chronicles, the Glastonbury thorn, life of Richard Savage etc.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle Volume XXXIII for the Year MDCCLIII 1753
• Publisher: Edward Cave
• Publication Date: 1753
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
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