The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure containing… Arts and Sciences. Vol lxxviii-lxxix

1786 EARLY America George Washington Virginia Louis XVI American Church Alchemy

The 'Universal Magazine' is a rare, 18th-century English periodical known for its vast topics and articles. This 1786 volume contains highly desirable and important contents including:

· On the preamble to Louis XVI's Edict

· Samuel Johnson's "Character of Richardson" censured

· Portions of 'Furious Orlando'

· Acts imposed against alchemy

· Reactions to new liturgies in America (p.241)

· Memoirs of Charles XII

· Discoveries of comets

· George Washington answers to the State of Virginia (v2p53)

· Reports of recent eruptions of Vesuvius

· Frederick III of Prussia and treaties with America

Item number: #23635

Price: $550

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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure containing… Arts and Sciences. Vol lxxviii-lxxix

London : Published ... according to Act of Parliament, by William Bent, 1786.

Details:

· Collation: Complete; 2 volumes in 1 tome

o Vol. lxxviii – [2], 384

o Vol. lxxix – [2], 384

o 24 engraved plates

· Provenance: Handwritten

o [A. SpeareCole, 1920]

Possibly Arthur Speare-Cole (b. 1874), a captain in the British Royal Navy during WWI.

o Arthur Speare

· Language: English

· Binding: Leather; secure

· Size: ~8.5in X 5.25in (22cm x 13.5cm)

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