THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London England, October, 1789  Among the articles are: "Mr. Badcock to Dr. Priestley" "Accurate Description of Fraser's New Carolina Grass" "The Hill of Howth" in Ireland, and much more.
Near the back are over 4 pages of an: "Accurate Statement of the Late Revolution in France" and also some news headed: "America" reporting in part: "The Chesapeak was the first American vessel allowed to hoist the colours of the United States in the celebrated river Ganges, and to trade there..." which includes a comment from Lord Cornwallis, governor in India, who welcomed the ship: "...on the same footing with other nations.'...evinces the friendly disposition of that nation in that quarter...".
All 3 plates called for are present.
Complete in 96 pages, 5 1/4 by 8 1/4 inches, full title/contents page featuring an engraving of St. John's Gate, great condition.

Background: This October 1789 issue of The Gentleman’s Magazine serves as an extraordinary real-time chronicle of a world pivoting on the axis of global revolution and expanding trade networks. Its four-page "Accurate Statement of the Late Revolution in France" captures the immediate, anxious British perspective on the unfolding collapse of the French monarchy just months after the storming of the Bastille, documenting a geopolitical seismic shift that would soon engulf Europe in decades of warfare. Simultaneously, the dispatch from "America" details a landmark milestone in maritime history: the ship Chesapeake becoming the first vessel to fly the United States colors in the Ganges River. This event carries profound historical irony and significance, as Lord Cornwallis—the British general who had surrendered at Yorktown eight years prior—was now acting as the Governor-General of India, welcoming his former adversaries into British-controlled waters "on the same footing with other nations." By granting this entry, Cornwallis effectively legitimized the young, cash-strapped American republic as a credible global trading power at a critical moment when it was locked out of traditional Atlantic markets, making this 96-page artifact a remarkably complete record of both the fracturing of the Old World and the commercial birth of the New.

A very nice magazine from the "mother country" not long after the end of the Revolutionary War. This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.