The Grand Magazine of Magazines or Universal Register for the Months of January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December MDCCLIX, Collected in Two Volumes - II and III.[So Containing the Whole of the Year 1759]

Descripción:

T. Kinnersley. London. 1759. In Two Volumes (II and III) and contains the whole set for the year 1759. Bound in 18th century quarter brown calf gilt, very worn and rubbed and lacking portions of leather from heads and tails of spine. Joints tender but holding. Vol. II; [ii], 372 pages plus [4]pages of index. Vignette to general title-page and engraved head-piece for each month. 6 engraved plates of unusual and more ordinary fauna including the dodo, the rhinoceros, sea hedge-hog, the horned didapper, flying fish and cassowary. 1 portrait plate of Magliabechi, 14 full page engraved maps and plans. Vol. III; [ii]. 404 pages plus [4] page index. Engr. vignette to general title-page and engraved head-pieces or decorations to each month, 4 engraved plates of fauna, one portrait plate of Major General Wolfe, 1 incredible engraved plate displaying the Torments Inflicted by the Dutch on the English in Amboyna plus the engraved frontis. to Pope's Essay on Man. Three engraved plates - 1 map and 2 plans. A wonderful insight into what interested people in the mid-18th century. Pages browned and occasionally foxed but otherwise a very useful set. N° de ref. del artículo 84804

Denunciar este artículo

Detalles bibliográficos

Título: The Grand Magazine of Magazines or Universal...
Año de publicación: 1759
Encuadernación: Encuadernación de tapa dura