THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, January, 1749   The prime feature of this issue is the very nice & detailed foldout map of "South America" which folds out to 11 1/2 by 10 inches. A very displayable & detailed map in great condition. Among the articles within are: "Articles of the Treaty of Utrecht" between England and France, which takes over 3 pages and including all 41 Articles.

Also: "Observations of the Last Solar Eclipse, taken in Scotland..."  "Description of a New Alarum [alarm]" which includes an engraving of it; plus other items.
The map and plates called for are lacking.
Complete in 48 pages, 5 by 8 inches, full title/contents page with an engraving of St. John's Gate, tiny binding pin holes at the blank spine, nice, clean condition.

Background: This January 1749 issue of The Gentleman’s Magazine serves as a vital historical artifact of the early British public sphere, encapsulating the intense geopolitical anxieties of post-Enlightenment Europe through its primary features. The inclusion of Thomas Jefferys’ meticulously detailed foldout map of South America reflects Great Britain's sharp strategic and mercantile focus on Spanish and Portuguese colonial territories, where resource extraction and trade routes dictated global economic power. Accompanying this geographical intelligence is the complete reprinting of all 41 articles of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht; this was a matter of urgent relevance to 1749 readers rather than mere historical retrospective. Following the conclusion of the War of the Austrian Succession via the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in late 1748, British citizens scrambled to understand the renewed terms of global trade, boundaries, and highly lucrative, controversial monopolies like the Asiento slave trade contract. By binding these two features together, the magazine functioned as an essential geopolitical briefing, demonstrating how 18th-century print culture directly informed the public on how past treaties and shifting physical geographies shaped the future of the British Empire.

A very nice pre-Revolutionary War magazine from the "mother country" with a wide range of varied content. This was the first periodical to use the word "magazine" in its title, having begun in 1731 and lasting until 1907.