1821 Paducah INDIANS Napoleon Bonaparte Franklin Expedition War of 1812 Ross

1821 Paducah INDIANS Napoleon Bonaparte Franklin Expedition War of 1812 Ross

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 1821 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

• Early American interest:
  • Paducah and Nottoway Indians
  • Report from the Red River Settlement
• Literature reviews:
  • Commentary on William Robinson’s “Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution”
  • “The Pirate” and “Anachronisms”, by Walter Scott
  • “Sardanapalus, a Tragedy” by Lord Byron
  • Belzoni’s “Travels in Egypt and Nubia”
    • On Egyptian tombs, Seti I
  • War of 1812 reports – American campaigns of Maj-Gen Robert Ross
  • Accounts of mermaid sightings
  • Obituary of Napoleon Bonaparte
  • John Franklin arctic expedition – letters and reports

Item number: #23247

Price: $499

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1821, volume XCI

London: printed by John Nichols, 1821. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – iv, 670
  • 2 – iv, 670
  • Illustrated with 31 engraved plates
• Provenance: Bookplate – Marius Nielsen
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)

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