1785 1st/1st GENTLEMAN ' S MAG. Captain Cook 3rd Voyage HUME Johnson PLATES 60pp
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"THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, March, 1785. 1st/1st. Illustrated w/DATED ("March, 1785") plate.
About Near FINE CONDITION. Approx. 60pp.
An historical issue, indeed... with a news on Captain Cook's third and last voyage; Dr. Johnson; David Hume; British Military; Much More.
Content Highlights...
An interesting report is a several-page discussion and review of the Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to... the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery, performed in the Years 1776, 7, 8 & 9..." which takes over 2 pages. (James Cook's third and final voyage (12 July 1776 – 4 October 1780) took the route from Plymouth via Cape Town and Tenerife to New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands, and along the North American coast to the Bering Strait.);
Other news includes Notices of Handel, the famed composer; Dr. Johnson at Cambridge; Historical Chronicle (domestic and international news), including news for the West Indies (Caribbean); discussion of British military costs; Anecdotes of Andrew Johnson, Bookseller; Letter from one of the most important philosophers to write in English, David Hume (1711–1776); etc.
One of two called-for DATED plates are present, names: the Burial Place of the Ancient Kahns at Kazimof.
Much more -- See Index.
Approx. 60pp. About Near Fine, seemingly unread condition. *March, 1785. GENTLEMAN'S MAG. Approaches FINE. True 1st/1st with stitch marks; etc. Illustrated masthead; musical score; LARGE, FOLDING MILITARY PLATE; etc. AUTHENTIC. THICK: about 50pp. 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: March, 1785. Printed for D. Henry, at Saint John's GATE.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. March, 1785. *1st/1st*. Authentic U.S.-Revolutionary period publication. True 1st... stab holes present. Approx. 8" x 5". Printed by/for D. Henry, at St. John's GATE. THICK: approx. 60pp. Illustrated. Thick, laid paper. Overall, in excellent condition. Light wear (toning and spotting); approaches FINE. Rough along spine. 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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