1778 American Revolution War George Washington & General Howe JP Jones Charles I

1778 American Revolution War George Washington & General Howe JP Jones Charles I

A fine 18^th-century printing of the Gentleman’s Magazine!

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 1778 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:

• Reports of the American Revolution and early America
  • Letters and correspondence of George Washington
    • Preposition to General Howe for an exchange of prisoners
  • John Paul Jones naval attack on the HMS Drake
  • Ill treatment of American prisoners of war
  • Accounts of the Mischianza for General Howe
• On the character of Charles I – “an honest, dull, German gentleman, as unfit as unwilling to act the part of a king”.
• Accounts of Herculaneum

Item number: #24378

Price: $599

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman’s Magazine and London Magazine: or Monthly Chronologer. 1778. Volume XLVIII

Dublin: printed by John Exshaw, 1778. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation:
  • [2], 704, [6]
  • musical sheets and engravings
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)

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