THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE VOLUME XIII 1840
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.
Stock no. 1710403
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MAGAZINE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- GENEALOGY
- DIALECTS
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- CHARTISM
