1786 EARLY America George Washington Virginia Louis XVI American Church Alchemy

1786 EARLY America George Washington Virginia Louis XVI American Church Alchemy

The ‘Universal Magazine’ is a rare, 18^th-century English periodical known for its vast topics and articles. This 1786 volume contains highly desirable and important contents including:

• On the preamble to Louis XVI’s Edict
• Samuel Johnson’s “Character of Richardson” censured
• Portions of ‘Furious Orlando’
• Acts imposed against alchemy
• Reactions to new liturgies in America (p.241)
• Memoirs of Charles XII
• Discoveries of comets
• George Washington answers to the State of Virginia (v2p53)
• Reports of recent eruptions of Vesuvius
• Frederick III of Prussia and treaties with America

Item number: #23635

Price: $550

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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure containing… Arts and Sciences. Vol lxxviii-lxxix

London : Published … according to Act of Parliament, by William Bent, 1786.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 2 volumes in 1 tome
  • lxxviii – [2], 384
  • lxxix – [2], 384
  • 24 engraved plates
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • [ SpeareCole, 1920]
    • Possibly Arthur Speare-Cole (b. 1874), a captain in the British Royal Navy during WWI.
  • Arthur Speare
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)

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