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The town of Patterson, New Jersey, is created... Nice plates...
The town of Patterson, New Jersey, is created... Nice plates...
Item # 629140
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GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, December, 1792 Inside has a very nice plate showing: "South East Prospect of Stratford Upon Avon, 1746" and another plate is a very nice & detailed foldout captioned: "View of the Temple at Paris - National Guard - People in Tumult with the Head of Princess Lamballe" which is from during the French Revolution (see the hyperlink on her for more).An article begins: "The demolition of the Bastille of Paris, we are told, liberated some miserable objects of the human race confined within its walls half a century..." (see). News near the back is headed: "America" and begins: "The new town of Patterson, in the state of New Jersey, which has been erected for the establishment of the cotton manufactory, is now completed & the inhabitants have commenced that valuable branch of commerce..." with more (see).
Included are all 4 plates called for.
Complete in 96 pages, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate, 5 by 8 inches, nice condition.
This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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