1784 1st Gentleman ' S Mag. AMERICAN REVOLUTION Shaking Quakers SLAVERY Tour Of US
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"THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1784. 1st/1st. 3 Plates, 2 Folding.
The Gentleman's Magazine for December 1784. FEATURING A folding plate of The Pedigree of Richard Russell;a Portrait of Richard Russell; a Miscellaneous Plate of Antiquities. A rare original monthly issue of the Gentleman's Magazine, 1784.
An historical issue, indeed. Articles on... a Tour of United State; on the Trial of Peter Zenger, printer of NY (famous American case on free ...press); the American Revolution; Marion's tour of the South Seas; Negro Slavery; Biography of Samuel Johnson, Much more!
News highlights include... -- Trial of Peter Zenger of NY, Printer, for Libel (famous case on American Free Press);-- "A Tour of the United States of America, by J.F.D. (2 1/2 pp)";-- Thoughts on the Slavery of Negroes;-- An address of trade between America and the West Indies; -- "Handel's Jubilee, History of, Continued" and lengthy: -- "Abstract of the Will of the late Justice Russell" which includes a full page plate of him (see photos). -- "Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and a means of making it of Benefit to the World"-- "A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Samuel Johnson" which takes 12 pages; and -- "Antiquities in London Described", -- "Dr. Johnson's Will & the Ceremonial of his funeral";-- "Advices From American Provinces" with datelines of Boston (about the "SHAKING QUAKERS" & Philadelphia; *June, 1784* GENTLEMAN'S MAG. FINE. Complete; and complete with 3 DATED Plates, 2 Folding.True 1st/1st with stitch marks; etc. Illustrated with an dated elegant DATED plates, illustrated masthead, etc. AUTHENTIC. THICK: approx. 80pp (content and condition details discussed below). LONDON. W/social, historical meteorological and financial info; science and exploration; political essays; commonwealth news; etcGREAT PERIOD CONTENT. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE."More In Quantity and greater Variety than any Book of the Mind and Price.By Sylvanus Urban, Gent.London: Dec. 1784. Printed by J. Nicholas, for D. Henry, late of St. John's Gate.All plates present.About the publication FOUNDED BY EDWARD CAVE IN 1731 UNDER HIS FAMOUS PSEUDONYM "SYLVANUS URBAN, " THIS'S WIDELY CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT, AUTHORITATIVE PERIODICAL OF ITS AGE. THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE IS RENOWNED AS A PRIMARY SOURCE INTELLIGENCE SOURCE CONCERNING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. IT INFLUENCED COLONIAL-AMERICA PUBLISHER (E.G., BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S 18TH-CENTURY GENERAL MAGAZINE WAS CHIEFLY PATTERNED AFTER GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE). THIS "NEWS-MONTHLY" PUBLISHED ARTICLES CONCERNING HISTORY, SCIENCE, POLITICS, CURRENT EVENTS ETC, AS NOTED IN THIS ISSUE. AS IT EVOLVED, THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE REFLECTED ENGLAND'S CONCERN OVER THE COLONIES (AMERICA)... AND DEVELOPING REVOLUTIONARY FORCES; INDEED, MANY OF THE PRIMARY REPORTS ON OCCURRENCES IN THE COLONIES DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (AND A RICH SOURCE OF MODERN SCHOLARSHIP) ARE CONTAINED W/IN THE MAGAZINE.An Aside... The "S" that Looks Like an "F"...In the old Anglo-Saxon alphabet, from which the English alphabet is derived, the small "s: was written in two forms: one is the "long s" that resembles our modern letter "f" (but note, it does not have the center bar), which is used when the "s" is the first letter of the word, or the first of a pair of "s's"; the other is the familiar shaped "s" which appears at the end of words. This usage is cognate to the two forms of "s" in the Greek alphabet. English printer John Bell first phased out the use of the long "s" in his books at the end of the 1700's, and by 1810 or so the new practice was universal in printed material. Interestingly, though, the use of the old long "s" continued in handwritten documents for many years, through the 1870's. DETAILS/CONDITION. Dec., 1784. *1st/1st*. Authentic period publication. True 1st... stab holes present. Approx. 8" x 5". Printed for D. Henry, at St. John's Gate. Illustrated as noted and pictured. All 3 DATED plates present. THICK: approx. 80pp. Marbled edges. Illustrated masthead. Overall, in excellent condition. Uncommonly FINE. Periodical is crisp, bright, tight, clean, etc. LOW OPENING BID; and at auction... WITHOUT RESERVE! PLEASE READ!! IMPORTANT AUCTION INFORMATION: Our entire CUSTOMER SERVICE and RETURN POLICY is simply this:
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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. -- GEORGE WASHINGTON.
