The Scots Magazine 1755 / 1st Edition Literature

  
Author: [The Scots Magazine] Title: The Scots Magazine 1755 Publication: London: Scots Magazine, 1755 Edition: First Edition. 12 monthly issues bound in one volume. 648 pages, [16] pages partial index. No illustrations in this volume. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title labels on the spine. Missing all prelim pages to page 1. Missing index pages and rear end papers after the name "Stuart". Leather covers are rubbed and edge worn. Outer joints and inner hinges are cracked. Covers are loose but attached. Title page has light damp stains and a small scuff.

Pages 159, 160 have an edge tear resulting in minor loss of print. The first page is present in the January issue. A sampling of subjects covered in this volume include East India Company Mutiny Bill; Sir Isaac Newton on the ancient year; Affairs in Spain, Barbary, and France; An Account of Mr.

Johnson's English Dictionary; Improvements of the musket, and of church-music;'Pensylvania' German Protestants; Importance of British Plantations; Gov. Dinwiddies Speech to the assembly of Virginia; Gov. Dobb's message to the assembly of N.

Carolina; Affairs in the United Provinces and the Plantations; General Braddock's defeat, with the lists; Further accounts of the fatal action in America; Affairs in France and the Plantations; Different accounts of General Braddock's defeat; An Examination of the Edinburgh Review; A New History of'Pensylvania'; Of the French'incroachments' in America; Gov. Glen's interview with the Cherokee Indians; Speeches of Indian Chiefs and several more articles.

Contents also include European history, public affairs, parliament acts, births, deaths, marriages, poetry, book reviews and more. Interior contents are mostly in good condition. Volume published during the French Indian War era in America. Americana Books has been in business since 1993. We are active members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association (GABA).

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