1768 Gentleman's Magazine Stamp Act Benjamin Franklin John Hancock Armadillo

  

The colonists being thus greatly alarmed, began seriously to consider their situation, and to resolve afresh in their minds, grievances. Which from their respect and love for this country, they had long borne.. Advices from America have been received, that things are in a great confusion in New York, and that at Boston they threatened to pull down the Custom house. One of the more extraordinary volumes from this noted series, packed with information pertaining to the stirrings in the American colonies that would soon erupt into revolution. Benjamin Franklin's Magic Square and Magic Circle.

Are among the very fine plates; Franklin, dabbler of all dabblers, tried his hand, in intriguing fashion naturally, at mathematics, other mentions of Franklin as well. Many pages devoted to the.

& other dramatic news from the colonies, the. Boston Convention & News from Faneuil-Hall.

Bernard, Virginia, Maryland, Hadley's Quadrant, Inoculation - Smallpox, Trade with America & other colonies, Indian Tribes, a Masquerade Party, Anatomy - Skulls, Fetus, American Armadillo, &c. All 20 engravings are present, it's a doozy of a volume illustration-wise, most show offsetting, volume rebound at a later date, sturdy. Rare historical volume, scarce and most intriguing. Content includes: the fabulous Armadillo. Horned Viper of Egypt; the Gerbua (jerboa); a Zoophyte, or clustered Animal Flower; the Jaculator Fish; three Marine Insects; the Chinese Argus Pheasant; a Dendrometer; Zoology, Anatomy, Medicine, the Position of the Occipital Aperture in the Skulls of Animals; Dr.

Franklin's Magic Square of Squares" & "Magic Circle of Circles. Also, Jews & Antisemitism; a Cart with the Machinery contrived to load itself with gravel; Hadley's Quadrant improved; a Steam-vessel to raise water; a Rolling Cart for Amendment & Preservation of Roads; an Anemometer. Letters relative to the present state of America. Papers relative to the Troubles in America.

& a great deal more.