THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE 1731-1772 [Forty-two Volumes]
- Hardcover
- London , 1731-1772
London, 1731-1772. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, forty-two volumes. Volumes in Fair to Very Good minus condition; majority of volumes either Good minus or Good. Bound in full brown speckled calf with red leather labels bearing gilt text to spines; thirteen volumes now lacking spine labels, and five with loss of significant portion of label. Two volumes with one board detached but present; additional volumes with loose boards, significant cracking to joints and spines, etc. Multiple volumes with tightly trimmed margins, resulting in minor loss of text near margins; in several instances, an earlier reader has excised columns of text or portions of columns. Most volumes lacking some plates and maps. Light plus age toning and scattered foxing to text blocks. Ink library stamp and personal bookplate to front pastedown of each volume; Folger bookplate and deaccession stamp to rear pastedown of each volume. A volume-by-volume inventory with notes on plates and general condition can be found HERE.
Please contact us with any additional questions. Shelved in Room D. The Gentleman’s Magazine was established in 1731 as a monthly publication by Edward Cave, a London printer and editor. It was the first publication to use the term “magazine” with reference to a publication (the term previously had been used only to refer to a storehouse of physical goods). In keeping with Cave’s vision for the magazine as a “storehouse” of knowledge for the informed gentleman, it featured articles on a wide array of subjects including contemporary politics, history, science, archaeology, geography, literature, music, and economics. The Gentleman’s Magazine continued in regular publication until 1907, with occasional issues printed until 1922. These issues cover the first forty-two years of the publication's history.
In order to establish the completeness of the plates and maps in these volumes, each volume was compared with the lists provided in Charles St. Barbe's A Complete List of the Plates and Wood-cuts in Gentleman's Magazine (London: John Nichols and Son, 1821). 1389799. Special Collections.
Please contact us with any additional questions. Shelved in Room D. The Gentleman’s Magazine was established in 1731 as a monthly publication by Edward Cave, a London printer and editor. It was the first publication to use the term “magazine” with reference to a publication (the term previously had been used only to refer to a storehouse of physical goods). In keeping with Cave’s vision for the magazine as a “storehouse” of knowledge for the informed gentleman, it featured articles on a wide array of subjects including contemporary politics, history, science, archaeology, geography, literature, music, and economics. The Gentleman’s Magazine continued in regular publication until 1907, with occasional issues printed until 1922. These issues cover the first forty-two years of the publication's history.
In order to establish the completeness of the plates and maps in these volumes, each volume was compared with the lists provided in Charles St. Barbe's A Complete List of the Plates and Wood-cuts in Gentleman's Magazine (London: John Nichols and Son, 1821). 1389799. Special Collections.