1823 ESKIMO Inuit Indians Stonehenge King George IV Egyptian Glyphs Gentleman’s

1823 ESKIMO Inuit Indians Stonehenge King George IV Egyptian Glyphs Gentleman’s

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 1823 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

• Description of Inuit Indian tribes, Esquimeaux
• Interesting article on the origins of Stonehenge
• On Hannah Thatcher – a woman born deaf and mute who learned to communicate from William Wright
• Ceremonies of the Tartars
• On King George IV, speeches and anecdotes and decrees
• On Egyptian hieroglyphs

Item number: #24450

Price: $499

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1823

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

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – iv, 676
  • 2 – iv, 672
  • Illustrated with 29 engraved plates
    • Plus 18 in-text woodcuts
  • 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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