{"product_id":"1740-gentlemans-magazine","title":"1740 GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. Slave Insurrection in South Carolina - Early Florida and Cuba Maps","description":"\u003cp\u003eA handsomely preserved, well-handled volume with excellent content. Also includes mentions of George Whitefield, John Wesley, attacks against and defenses of the Methodists, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents include: The Vogue of Free Masonry in Edinburgh; Epitaph of a Child Killed by Procured Abortion in Order to Bide the Mother's Shame who had been Debauched - Supposed to have been Spoken by the Mother; Chimney Sweepers and Ministers Compared; Observations on the Sun's Eclipse; Astrologers Consulted and Credited; What is Reason? On the Destiny of Infant Souls; An Immediate Declaration of War Impolitick; Persons who Follow Mysteries fall to Bigotry; The Irish Riot on Saint Patrick's Day; Vain Resolution against Woman; A Housekeeper more Expensive than a Wife; \u003cstrong\u003eOn the Insurrection of Negroes in South Carolina\u003c\/strong\u003e; Shakespeare's Lover's Complaint; A Remarkable Case of Physic; Celibacy Proved a Breach of Morality and Religion; Why Printing Houses Called Chapels; Long Delay of the War Justified; God's Institution of Baptism; The Register Bill Tends to Enslave Freeborn Subjects; To the Author of Common Sense; The Life of Admiral Sir Francis Drake [series]; On Angling; Kouli Kan's Success against and Treaty with Mogul; Occultations of Jupiter; Drake Attacked by Indians; Danger of England becoming a Province of France; On Medicinal Secrets; Printers and Craftsmen Miserably Harassed; etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSong [with music] A Dialogue between Death and a Dying Person, by Mr. Parrat [p.88]; Plan for the Town of Porto Bello [Panama, p.144]; \u003cstrong\u003eA Plan for the City of Havanah [Havana, Cuba,\u003c\/strong\u003e p.149]; English Success in America; A Plan of Cartagena on the Island of Varu [p.201]; A Song Set to Music by Simon Stubley [p.252]; Solo for the Flute [p.409]; \u003cstrong\u003eFolding Plate of the Town and Castle of St Augustine by Thomas Silver, Extremely Early Map of Florida during the War of Jenkins' Ear \u003c\/strong\u003e[pp. p.577]; etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUrban, Sylvanus. The Gentleman's Magazine: and Historical Chronicle. For the Year M.DCC.XL. [1740]. London. Edward CAve. 1740. 666pp. + Index\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good - example in attractive, but quite rubbed quarter calf. Very solid. Ffep lacking, begins at general title. Some occasional stains. One small article excised on p.257\/8; some minor losses to corner at 360-370. Else generally clean and crisp. All folding illustrations aside from the excellent St. Augustine map lacking [as usual]. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43940691181604,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/04-02-2026SpecsFineBooks-5.jpg?v=1775240542","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1740-gentlemans-magazine","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}