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Archibald Hamilton. Six Consecutive Issues of The Town and Country Magazine. ...
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Description
Archibald Hamilton. Six Consecutive Issues of The Town and Country Magazine. Or, Universal Repository of Knowledge, Instruction, and Entertainment. A popular eighteenth-century publication particularly known for it's reporting on various scandals, affairs, and other secret meetings of the London elite. The Town and Country Magazine was considered a relatively upscale publication in comparison to similar competitors, focusing on aristocrats and their dalliances rather than brothels or the like. Though names were redacted, the writers often left enough detail (and a small portrait or two) to let readers figure out the subjects of the month's gossip.1) London; July 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [337-339], 340-392 and printed in two columns. Including a column titled "Rise and Progress of the War in America", containing content dated as far back as 1775.
2) London; August 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [393-395], 396-448 and printed in two columns.
3) London; September 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [449-451], 452-504 and printed in two columns. Including a continuation of the column "Rise and Progress of the War in America".
4) London; October 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [505-507], 508-560 and printed in two columns.
5) London; November 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [561-563], 564-616 and printed in two columns.
6) London; December 1778. G. Robinson. Fifty-six pages, 8.25" x 5.25". Paginated [617-619], 620-718, [719-728, index] and printed in two columns; two final blank leaves separated but present.
Condition: Edges trimmed; some chipping to edges. Light scattered foxing and soiling. Remnants of previous binding to left edge. July 1778 and September 1778 issues with spine chiefly perished and text block split into two sections but complete.
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