The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
Containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Music, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematics, Husbandry, Gardening, Chemistry, Mechanics, Trade, Navigation, Architecture
And other Arts and Sciences
Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining,
To Gentry, Merchants, Farmers, and Tradesmen:
To which occasionally will be added an impartial account of books in several languages and the State of Learning in Europe
Also the stage, new operas, plays and oratorios
VOL LXXVIII
ILLUSTRATED
FIRST EDITION
Publisher: William Bent, London
Copyright: 1786
CONDITION: This book is in fair condition. Leather. Leather boards are scuffed and worn along edges and corners. Heavy wear along hinges with chipping on the spine. Five raised bands. Endpapers and title page foxed and browned. This book is embellished with many exquisite steel engravings. Frontispiece of Hermes. There is an ink inscription on the title page. Text block is toned with some occasional foxing and stains. Binding is sturdy and hinges are holding. A wonderful reference for the year 1786. Articles range the gamut of subjects.
380 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
LOC B1 S2
Containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Music, Biography, History, Geography, Voyages, Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematics, Husbandry, Gardening, Chemistry, Mechanics, Trade, Navigation, Architecture
And other Arts and Sciences
Which may render it Instructive and Entertaining,
To Gentry, Merchants, Farmers, and Tradesmen:
To which occasionally will be added an impartial account of books in several languages and the State of Learning in Europe
Also the stage, new operas, plays and oratorios
VOL LXXVIII
ILLUSTRATED
FIRST EDITION
Publisher: William Bent, London
Copyright: 1786
CONDITION: This book is in fair condition. Leather. Leather boards are scuffed and worn along edges and corners. Heavy wear along hinges with chipping on the spine. Five raised bands. Endpapers and title page foxed and browned. This book is embellished with many exquisite steel engravings. Frontispiece of Hermes. There is an ink inscription on the title page. Text block is toned with some occasional foxing and stains. Binding is sturdy and hinges are holding. A wonderful reference for the year 1786. Articles range the gamut of subjects.
380 pages, 5.5" x 8.5"
LOC B1 S2