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The British Jew Bill... Print of an early Charleston, SC church...
The British Jew Bill... Print of an early Charleston, SC church...
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, June, 1753 This issue contains a great full page print of: "St. Philip's Church in Charles Town, South Carolina" with just a small bit of text on it on the facing page reading: "The church is esteemed one of the most regular & complete structures of the kind in America. The design was sent us from Charles-Town [Charleston] where it has a very advantageous situation at the upper end of a broad extensive street.". (see) Quite rare to find prints of American architecture in this magazine.Another feature article in this issue is: "The Bill Permitting the Jews to be Naturalized by Parliament..." which was a significant event in Judaica history and takes over a full page of text (see for portions).
There is much other good content in this issue including a full page taken up with text and an engraving headed: "View and Description of the Island of Capri". The text is presented vertically (unusual format) and is very descriptive of this famous island in the the Naples harbor in Italy.
Also: "Geographical Description of Louisiana" which begins: "Louisiana is a country in North America bounded on the south by the gulph of Mexico, on the east by Carolina, an English colony, and part of Canada; and on the west by New Mexico, on the north, part of it is bounded by Canada..." with much more. The text is extremely descriptive and takes close to three pages (photos show portions).
There is also a very nice foldout map of: "The Port of Callao, in the South Sea..." (in Peru: see). And a full page plate--hand colored--of: "The Blackcap Flycatcher" bird (see), taken from Catesby's National History.
Complete in 48 pages, measures 5 by 8 1/4 inches and in very nice, clean condition with just a small stain at the bottom of the title/contents page.
A very nice pre-Revolutionary War magazine from the "mother country" with a wide range of varied content including news of the day, political reports, literary items, and other unusual tidbits. 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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