1856-1871 The Gentleman's Magazine.

Description

Illustrated, Leather Binding, Scarce

Numerous illustrated plates in the 1856 edition with illustration throughout both editions. The volumes include a wide range of articles, from fictional short stories to the state of politics with biographies and philosophical thought. Samuel Johnson's first regular employment as a writer was with The Gentleman's Magazine. Founded in 1731, it was published to inform businessmen and traders of the day on home and foreign affairs. It covered reports of bankruptcies, of ships lost, share prices, deaths and gardening as well cultural matters such as poetry and new books published. As the years went by the magazine was illustrated with engravings of battlegrounds, ancient monuments, new engineering or building works and other items of interest or of newly discovered parts of the earth.