1758 Frederick II Prussia Austria WARS Mecca Voyages MAPS 1st ed Scots Magazine

1758 Frederick II Prussia Austria WARS Mecca Voyages MAPS 1^st ed Scots Magazine

An incredibly rare complete printing of the 1758 ‘Scots Magazine’. ‘Scots Magazine’s’ from this era are best-known for containing extensive contents on the American colonies as well as the Revolutionary War. This particular volume covers the following:

• Swedish invasion of Prussia
• Austrian wars; Battle of Lissa – Frederick II the Great’s military warfare
• Revolution in Bengal
• Description and plan of the town and harbor of Louisburg, map of Cape Breton
  • Description of Siege
• Pilgrimages to Mecca
• Voltaire’s Voyages of Scarmentado

Item number: #19131

Price: $599

periodical

The Scots Magazine, vol xx

Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Donaldson, Murray, and Cochrane, 1758. First edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], 708, [16]
  • 8 maps (3 folding; 1 damaged but present) and 1 engraving of sea creatures
• Provenance: Handwritten – George Dallas
  • Possibly Sir George Dallas, 1st Baronet (1758–1833), a British barrister and poet. Although he lived in England, he came from a Scottish family.
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.25in X 5.25in (21cm x 13.5cm)

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