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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 1-246 bound in 247 volumes, 1731-1880; together with a collection of 9 related index volumes, similarly bound, sold as a periodical not subject to return (256) image 1
GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 1-246 bound in 247 volumes, 1731-1880; together with a collection of 9 related index volumes, similarly bound, sold as a periodical not subject to return (256) image 2
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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 1-246 bound in 247 volumes, 1731-1880; and others (256)

23 March 2022, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE - DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 1-246 bound in 247 volumes, engraved plates and maps (many folding), library stamp on titles and some other pages, occasional spotting or staining, rebound in half calf or half cloth, often retaining the contemporary calf gilt spines, or with gilt tooling to spines to match, some worn, 8vo, 1731-1880; together with a collection of 9 related index volumes, similarly bound, sold as a periodical not subject to return (256)

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A COMPLETE RUN OF THE FIRST 150 YEARS OF THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, from its foundation by Edward Cave during George II's reign in 1731, through to the middle of the Victorian era.

Volume 46, the issue for August 1776, includes on p.361 the earliest printing in Britain of the "Declaration of American Independence". Samuel Johnson was one of many distinguished contributing many articles from 1738 into the 1740s.

Provenance: Law Society Library, stamps and bookplates.

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