No. 92066249
Sylvanus Urban - The Gentleman's Magazine, And Historical Chronicle - 1749
No. 92066249
Sylvanus Urban - The Gentleman's Magazine, And Historical Chronicle - 1749
Sylvanus Urban (Illustrator)
The Gentleman's Magazine,
And
Historical Chronicle EUR 594
Volume XIX for the Year M.DCC.XLIX
[1749]
Complete Year January – December
Plus Supplement for the Year 1749
x, 600, xx [pp]
Important plates and plans including scarce collection of Scottish and Irish heraldry, six hundred pages (in total). 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. Contains 10 pages of heraldic arms with 20 arms per page with detailed lists of the Peerage of Scotland and Ireland with their titles at large, blazoned of their arms, dates of their creations, and mottos. Very scarce. Very light age toning to pages..
With 6 Foldout plates
A View & Plan of Noah’s Ark
Lion in the Tower.
Plan of Covent Garden London
Laocoon at Rome
Greek Gods
&
With 9 Full page Plates
Plus
Total 25 plates.
Bound in original marbled hard card covers & brown leather spine.
In generally good condition.
Edges are rubbed
Inside generally clean.
A few minor marks, & little nicks, a few corners turned over.
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