Description: Small size "Gentleman's Magazine" measures 5" x 8 1/4". Cover page missing from this example. Small excerpt from magazine: 1789 George Washington Letter to Presbyterians on Freedom of religion; Benjamin Franklin speech as President of Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of the Abolition of Slavery; Noah Webster on Political Advantages of U.S.; French Revolution, King & Queen seized at Versailles; Dr. Benjamin Rush on Dr. Morgan & Medical Education (issue has some text loss.) Also: George Washington writes, "all men within our territories are protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of their consciences." Ben Franklin says, "Slavery is such an atrocious debasement of human nature, that its very extirpation, if not performed with solicitous care, may sometimes open a source of serious evils." The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly publication established in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It continued to be published without interruption for nearly two centuries, ceasing in 1922. This magazine was the first to adopt the term "magazine" (derived from the French word meaning "storehouse") to describe a periodical. Samuel Johnson began his first regular writing position with The Gentleman's Magazine. The complete original title was The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Trader's Monthly Intelligencer. Cave's innovative approach involved compiling a monthly summary of news and commentary on a wide range of subjects that would interest the educated public, including commodity prices and Latin poetry. The magazine featured original contributions from a group of regular writers, along with extensive quotations and excerpts from other publications and books. Cave, who served as the editor under the pseudonym "Sylvanus Urban," was the first to utilize the term magazine in this context. Contributions were often presented in the form of letters addressed to "Mr. Urban." Each issue prominently displayed an illustration of St John's Gate in Clerkenwell, which represented Cave's residence and effectively served as the magazine's "office." Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: 298 USD
Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-11-03T16:27:54.000Z
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