1790 1ed Ben Franklin Bounty Mutiny Oliver Cromwell Slave Lake MAP French Rev
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 first part of the 1790 edition includes a variety of important and interesting content including:
- Reports from the governor of Barbados
- Early account of the Mutiny of the Bounty
- Description of Oliver Cromwell ancestors and interesting report on his scimitar
- Growth and trade of cinnamon in West Indies
- Dysentery in Jamaica
- Map of ‘Slave Lake’
- Dissenters and their conduct toward Charles I
- Murder of Charles I
- Death of Joseph II and rise of Leopold II in the Holy Roman Empire
- Extensive reports on the French Revolution
- Addresses and proceedings of the National Assembly
- Speeches of Louis XVI of France
- Biography of Benjamin Franklin with a letter on his death
- Treaty between Prussia and the Ottoman Empire
- On the death of Sadi Mahomet, Moroccan emperor
- Article on the life of Sir Walter Raleigh
1790 1ed Ben Franklin Bounty Mutiny Oliver Cromwell Slave Lake MAP French Rev
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 first part of the 1790 edition includes a variety of important and interesting content including:
- Reports from the governor of Barbados
- Early account of the Mutiny of the Bounty
- Description of Oliver Cromwell ancestors and interesting report on his scimitar
- Growth and trade of cinnamon in West Indies
- Dysentery in Jamaica
- Map of ‘Slave Lake’
- Dissenters and their conduct toward Charles I
- Murder of Charles I
- Death of Joseph II and rise of Leopold II in the Holy Roman Empire
- Extensive reports on the French Revolution
- Addresses and proceedings of the National Assembly
- Speeches of Louis XVI of France
- Biography of Benjamin Franklin with a letter on his death
- Treaty between Prussia and the Ottoman Empire
- On the death of Sadi Mahomet, Moroccan emperor
- Article on the life of Sir Walter Raleigh
Item number: #22256
Price: $750
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
The Gentleman’s Magazine: and historical Chronicle, vol 60, parts 1 and 2
London: printed by John Nichols, for David Henry, 1790. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: 2 volumes
- I – iv, 579, [17]
- 18 plates
- II – [3], 582-1236 (i.e., 1238)
- 18 plates
- Language: English
- Binding: Leather; secure
- Size: ~8.75in X 5.75in (22cm x 14.5cm)
- I – iv, 579, [17]
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22256
Categories
Americana, American History
Law & Government
Military & War
European History
Voyages & Exploration & Maps
Authors
URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]
Printing Date
18th Century
Language
English
Binding
Leather
Book Condition
Excellent