The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle Volume XIX for the Year M.DCC.XLIX [1749] Complete Year January - December Plus Supplement for the Year 1749

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Contemporary full calf covers. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' x, 600, xx [pages]. Important plates and maps including scarce collection of Scottish and Irish heraldry, fold-out plan of London and Westminster showing the forts erected by order of the Parliament in 1643 and the desolation by the fire in 1666, illustration of Covent Garden London, fold-out map of South America, Plan of St Petersburg with its Fortifications built by Peter the Great, The Shield of Achilles as described by Homer, Map showing the Bay of Algiers. 24 page supplement to the rear contains 12 pages of heraldic arms with 20 arms per page with detailed lists of the Peerage of Scotland and Ireland with their titles at large, blazon of their arms, dates of their creations, and mottos. Very scarce. Front board loose, very light age toning to page edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. HERALDRY (Armorial Bearings). N° de ref. del artículo 30254

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