The Wonderful Magazine. 35. [Vol III]
London: Printed for the Proprietors. Sold by C. Johnson, No 14. Hogg, Symonds, Parsons, Walker, and the Other Booksellers in Paternoster-Row, and may be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland [n.d., c.1795.]
8vo, original printed wrappers with woodcut illustration and publisher's adverts; engraved frontis. portrait, pp. 401-440, edges uncut. With 4pp. from next issue, loose. Edges worn, covers stained.
A very rare surviving single issue of one of the earliest magazines to focus on tales of the unusual, with a mixture of fact and fiction. The cover illustrates a Beefeater turned town crier with an extensive letterpress text. The frontispiece is a portrait of Thayendanegea (or Joseph Brant) after William Armstrong, painted when the Mohawk chief visited London in 1775 (where he was interviewed by James Boswell, who owned Armstrong's painting). Also included is an extract of 'Gulliver's Travels'. The portrait appears to be a teaser to encourage purchase of the next issue, in which the text describing Thayendanegea's visit appears (this is the extra text included here).
[Ref: 54689] £820.00
8vo, original printed wrappers with woodcut illustration and publisher's adverts; engraved frontis. portrait, pp. 401-440, edges uncut. With 4pp. from next issue, loose. Edges worn, covers stained.
A very rare surviving single issue of one of the earliest magazines to focus on tales of the unusual, with a mixture of fact and fiction. The cover illustrates a Beefeater turned town crier with an extensive letterpress text. The frontispiece is a portrait of Thayendanegea (or Joseph Brant) after William Armstrong, painted when the Mohawk chief visited London in 1775 (where he was interviewed by James Boswell, who owned Armstrong's painting). Also included is an extract of 'Gulliver's Travels'. The portrait appears to be a teaser to encourage purchase of the next issue, in which the text describing Thayendanegea's visit appears (this is the extra text included here).
[Ref: 54689] £820.00