The Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany; Being A General Repository of Literatre, History, and Politics, for 1804. Vol LXVI.

Archibald Constable (publ).

Published by Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1804

Thick octavo; 989pp. Original blue paper wraps bound in at rear. Contemporary half green leather, rubbed and sl worn, boards are attached. G-VG. The Scots Magazine ran in this format until 1826 and individual volumes are not common. Set up to rival the Gentleman?s Magazine, it was superior in many ways, especially with regard to historical detail. A wealth of information for the year, including much on historical affairs in America : Louisiana debate on Congress, slave trade, French in West Indies, Wellington in India, accoubnt of an Indian funeral and the burning of two ladies on the pile of their husbands, Botany Bay, Don Quixotte's library, shipwrecked mariners of armada, mistaken opinion that Ireland and Thanet were devoid of serpents, loss of the Caledonia, female schools for cleanilness, passages in the classics that relate to falconry, fatal duels, swimming, books for children, the origina of negro slavery, cultivation of peach trees, a/c of bull feasts in Spain, remarks on Laudersdale's Origin of Wealth, manufacture of salt in Scotland, French fleet in India, fire-ships, death & funeral of General Hamilton, capture of Spanish frigates & list of treasures, massacre at St Domingo, and much much more. Plates : Dundee, old coins, Dunfermline Abbey, Melrose Abbey, Water of Leith, Caerlaveroc Castle, Perth, Edzell Castle, Brechin Church, Scotch Thistle, Roslin Castle, Kelly Castle, Dumbarton Castle. Seller Inventory # 026606

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary ...
Publisher: Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1804
Binding: Half-Leather
Condition: G-vg
Edition: 1st Edition