The Scots Magazine – 1758 | French & Indian War Battle Reports | Colonial America

The Scots Magazine, 1758. Volume XX is an annual periodical filled with essays, reports, and correspondence across Great Britain. Subjects range from parliamentary commentary to colonial unrest. The content in this volume is especially desirable with much coming from colonial America including military campaigns in North America during the French and Indian War. It includes the defeat of General Abercrombie at Fort Ticonderoga, the Siege of Louisbourg, and the destruction of French holdings along the Saint Lawrence River. The volume includes one folding map and seven engraved plates.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scots Magazine
• Author(s): Periodical
• Publisher: Edinburgh, Printed by W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran
• Edition: First edition, 1758.
• Format: (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  8.25 in x 5.5 in (21 x 14 cm)
• Collation: 708, [16]
• Illustrations: 1 folding map, 7 plates
  • Map at p.225 wanting
• Contents Include:
  • Skirmishes near Fort Ticonderoga
  • Defeat of General Abercrombie
  • Siege of Louisbourg
  • Fall of Fort Frontenac
  • Saint Lawrence River settlements destroyed
  • Battle of Fort Herkimer
  • Accounts of American artillery

Condition:

Good. Contemporary full leather binding with wear to surfaces and hinges. The spine remains sound, showing mild cracking at the head. Text block is stable with even toning throughout. Map and all plates are present and legible.

Why Collect This?

• 1758 first edition with early American war content
• Reports from the front during the French and Indian War
• Folding map and all plates intact

Item Number: # 29518