1795 WITCH Burning Scotland BAAL Worship Fairies Americana Washington Slavery

1795 WITCH Burning Scotland BAAL Worship Fairies Americana Washington Slavery

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 1795 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

• American treaties with Britain, from George Washington
• Prophecies of the antichrist
• Observations of fairies, origins and superstitions
• Accounts of Jews crucifying children
• Reports of abolishing slave-trade and use of slave-ships
• Baal worship in Ireland
• Account of a prayer-book found inside a shark
• Accounts of witches being burned in Scotland!
• Plunket’s remedy and cure of cancer
• Establishment of gunpowder mills

Item number: #20223

Price: $795

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1795.

London: printed by John Nichols, 1795. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – iv, 535, [15]
  • 2 – [3], 538-1115, [17]
  • Illustrated with 34 engravings
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)

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