The Gentleman’s Magazine: for 1790, part the second

1790 Ben FRANKLIN Death America Electricity Slavery Lake Superior Voyages RARE

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 1790 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

· Questioning of dissenters in the murder of Charles I

· Early description of Lake Superior

o Early American voyages

· Inventions and improvements to the plow

· Numerous accounts of Queen Anne's Bounty

· Electricity experiments in conjunction with palsy treatment

· Tributes honoring Benjamin Franklin following his death

· Debates on slave trade

· Political proceedings from Paris, during the Revolution

o Protestant refugees during the French Revolution

Item number: #20368

Price: $599

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1790, part the second

London: printed by John Nichols, 1790. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages;

o [3], 582-1216, [20]

o 19 illustrations throughout

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; secure

· Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)

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