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Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Spine of Cover badly torn Many pages of manuscript writing in front and back of book.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Original copper engraved double map depicting Spain and Portugal (15.5 x 18 cm) and the harbour of Lisbon (8 x 18 cm). With two fold creases as issued. Some light foxing, but overall a very good example.

Original wraps. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. An historic, full-page trial report in this Dec. 1770 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine (of London), in which it's reported British Captain Thomas Preston was defended by none other than John Adams -- and ultimately acquitted in the October 1770 trial of all charges leveled against him for presiding over the March 5th 1770 "Boston Massacre". Beyond this there's a notable fold-out, nicely-engraved map of Constantinople ("A Plan of Constantinople, Places adjacent and Canal of the Black Sea") appearing in this issue. Wear along the spine, covers lacking, still though bright and very presentable.

BRITISH PRINTING OF THE AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776. 8vo, 210 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, full year of 12 issues, January - December 1776, bound together, plus the Supplement, each month with its own title page with a woodcut of St. John's Gate at the top. Complete with14 engraved maps and plates as reqired in the plate list on final page, including: Map of the South Pole, Map of the discoveries of Captain Cook, Folding Projection of the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, plus a folding plan of the City and University of Cambridge in the 16th century, Map of the Country round New York and Philadelphia, Map of Long Island, Map of Connecticut, Map of the Progress of His Majesty's Armies in New-York, 5 engraved plates,1 folding, plus a few small illustrations in the text, engraved plate at page 80 misplaced at page 248, pages: [4], 1-608, plus 16 pages of index, errata and list of plates. Bound in half calf, marbled boards, gilt title, volume number and date to spine, engraved bookplate to first pastedown. Marbled covers rubbed with loss of paper, shelf wear to lower edges of boards, pale foxing to both Hemisphere maps, small repair to Eastern Hemisphere plate, no loss of image, pale browning and offset from text to maps, occasional pale browning, otherwise a very good copy. The DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE is found on pages 361 and 362 of the August issue for 1776. There are also some other articles of interest on America, such as: Account of the Proceedings of the American Colonists, since the passing of the Boston Port-Bill. Edward Cave (1691 1754) launched The Gentleman's Magazine in 1731 creating the first general-interest "magazine" in the modern sense. It soon became the most influential and most imitated periodical of its time. See Joseph Sabin, Dictionary of Books Relating to America, No.26954. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Disbound. Zustand: Very Good binding. The first publication to touch on all the aspects of a gentleman's life, from politics and economics to poetry and etiquette, and the first to call itself a "magazine". Full of charming and varied details about the lives and interests of educated and wealthy Brits of the eighteenth century.With satirical speeches from the Senate of Lilliput and an account of a bull's running into the Pump Room at Bath. The woodcut of St. John's Gate graced the cover of the Gentleman's Magazine for nearly 200 years. Very Good binding.

Zustand: Very Good. Two Volumes. Parts One and Two of Volume 64 of The Gentleman's Magazine. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to spine. Numerous B&W illustrations. On pages 891-892 of Part the Second, under Curious Chirurgical Operations, is the description of previously unknown surgical operation long performed in the East Indies with success, namely affixing a new nose on a man's face. This untitled article is believed to be the first report published in Europe of the Indian forehead-flap method of rhinoplasty. Corresponding plate located by p. 883. Ink slightly faded on some pages. Stab-in binding. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.25 x 8.75 inches.