Description: I have here for sale a book entitled THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL CHRONICLE Vol XXVII for the year MDCCLVII, by Sylvanus Urban. Published in that year 1757 by D Henry and R Cave, London. It has 20 plates and maps as follows:A Map of that part of America which was the Principal Seat of War in 1756Map of the Seat of War in the Circle of WestphaliaMap of the Mouths of the Ganges in the Bay of Bengal showing the English Settlements lately destroy'd by the Nabob of that ProvinceA Map of the Island of CorsicaA Map of the Coast of France from Rochelle & Rochfort with the Island of Ree Oleron & AixMap of the several Countries thro' which the Russians are to pass in their March to PrussiaSouth East View of the Middlesex HospitalPhilippa Filia et Cohaeres Johannis dui Mohun de Dunster Uxor Edwardi Ducis Eborancensis Moritur Anno Dom 1474 (tomb of Philippa, wife of Edward III)Shells x 4Heremitoitem de Chale in Insula Vectis, WinchesterTwo Imperfect Roman Altars discovered in 1755 near CarlisleAccount of a very extraordinary human Calculus, communicated the Marquis de CaumontMap of that part of Hannover where the late Battle between the Duke of Cumberland and Marshal d'Etrees was fought, July 25.26.27. Coins and caterpillarsStrong artificial magnetsMap of Upper Saxony comprehending that Part of Germany which the Present Seat of WarA New Map of England and Wales by Thomas JefferysLots of accounts of the Seven Years War.The Map of America covers the northeastern part of the present-day United States. It shows the areas that were the theaters of the French & Indian War. A great deal of the conflict was focused around the upper Hudson and Lake Champlain, and the Mohawk River to Lake Ontario. The map includes good detail with several forts involved in the war including William Henry, Frontenac, Edward, and Frederick. All these details and topographical information were important to the contemporary reader following the war from across the Atlantic. In Lake Champlain the Is. of ye 4 Winds is located. Decorated with a scrollwork title cartouche and small compass rose. At bottom right there are two distance scales. Bound in hardboards with no paper covering. Cords exposed to the spine. Front board is very loose. A couple of the plates have ragged edges and one is split into two parts. Binding pulling in a few places. Otherwise pages fairly clean. 608 pages + index. 22 x 13 cm. We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy. Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday.
Price: 299.99 GBP
Location: Whitegate, Cheshire
End Time: 2024-10-29T19:07:56.000Z
Shipping Cost: 40.24 GBP
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Hardback
Personalised: No
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Language: English
Signed: No
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: North America
Author: SYLVANUS URBAN
Publisher: D HENRY AND R CAVE
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1757
