1742 Cryptographia Conradus Halde CHINA Italy PRAGUE Egra Map Comets Astronomy

1742 Cryptographia Conradus Halde CHINA Italy PRAGUE Egra Map Comets Astronomy

A fine 18^th-century printing of the Gentleman’s Magazine!

The Gentleman’s Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interruption 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 1742 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

• Printing of ‘Cryptographia, Art of Deciphering’ by David Arnold Conradus
• Excerpts from Jean-Baptiste du Halde’s ‘History of China’
• Reports of comets and astronomical phenomena
• Discussions and view of Bewcastle Cumberland obelisk / ruins
• War of Austrian Succession: Conflict in Moravia

Item number: #26914

Price: $599

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle, vol xii

London: printed for E. Cave, 1742. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: complete
  • iv, 699, [17]
  • Several in-text illustrations throughout
  • Includes folding engraving of Prague
• Language: English
• Provenance: Armorial bookplate – Thomas Langton Esq^r; Teeton, Northamptonshire
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)

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