Sylvanus Urban
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THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XVI 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710405
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son.
1841.
Very good condition.
Library Binding. July to December 1841. iv 700 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: The Broadway Chapel, Westminster; Fire at Astley's Theatre; Timber Houses; Loss of life when a boat being launched at Rotherham overturned with 150 people on board; Landslip at Sidmouth; new Lighthouse on the Godwin sands; Restoration of Chepstow Church; Trial of the performance of propeller driven versus paddle driven steamer; proposed new suspension bridge from Hungerford market to Lambeth; notes on Ross's expedition to the South pole with ships Erebus and Terror (note later lost in the search for the North west passage); Abbatial Grange near Yeovil; Triangular Lodge at Rushton, Northamptonshire; Population Britain 26,856,028; Huge fire at South Molton in Devon destroyed 107 houses; Derby town hall destroyed by fire; fire in the Tower of London; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAGAZINE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- GENEALOGY
- LONDON
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- DERBYSHIRE
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XV 1841
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710404
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son.
1841.
Very good condition.
Library Binding. January to June 1841. iv 698 pages, b/w illustrations. Includes: Repairs of the Temple Church , London; New schoolhouse at Garsington, Oxfordshire; The appointment of Regimental Schoolmistresses; Repair of Whitby Abbey; Roman find at Risingham, Northumberland; Three churches in Dundee destroyed by fire; Serious flooding on the Thames; Conway Castle; trial of the Earl of Cardigan for shooting someone in a duel; St. Paul's Cray church, Kent; proposed school at Eversholt; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAGAZINE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- GENEALOGY
- SOUTH EAST UK
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710403
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son.
1840.
Good condition.
Library binding. January to June 1840. iv 695 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: The Royal Palace of Greenwich; Dialect of Dorsetshire; Topography of Southport; Ancien ship at Mount's Bay; Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire; Landslip at Lyme Regis; Penny Postage commenced; Trial of the Newport Chartist Rebels; marriage of Victoria and Albert; Carved Ceiling at Black Boy Inn, Chelmsford; First Stone laid of St. Thomas's Hospital; The New Postage system; Estimates for the erection of Nelson's Column; Huge fire at York Minster; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events,obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers. 2 pages 225 & 226 are missing and replaced with loosely inserted photocopies.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAGAZINE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- GENEALOGY
- DIALECTS
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- CHARTISM
THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIV 1840
Written by Sylvanus Urban.
Stock no. 1710402
Published by William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols And Son.
1st
1840.
Very good condition.
Library binding. July to December 1840. iv 704 pages, b/w illustrations Includes: Genealogy of the Beauharnais family; Opening of the Crusader's tomb in Botus Fleming Church, Cornwall; Description of Ratcliffe Tower, Lancashire; Failed assassination attempt on Queen Victoria; Paintings in Rochester Cathedral; Celtic finds near Bridgwater; Atmospheric Railway at Wormholt Scrubs with expected speeds of 100 mph!; London and Blackwall Railway opened; Work commences on Laying out Trafalgar square; The Manor House of Samlesbury, Lancashire; The church of Great Yarmouth; the church of Walford, |Hertfordshire; the Martyrs memorial, Oxford; Stocks and Whipping Post at Waltham Abbey; The Judges House at Dorchester; Saxon sundial at Bishopston Church, Sussex; Relics from the wreck of the Mary Rose; Prices of Hay, Straw, Coal, Candles, Corn, Hops etc; numerous other historical events, obituaries, births, marriages and deaths; Index to names at rear. Ex-library (reference) with minimal stamps and new endpapers.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAGAZINE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- GENEALOGY