The Monthly Magazine, or British Register, Volume XVI Part II for August to December 1803

784pp including index. Bound in full brown leather, spine label with gilt titles. Heavily rubbed at edges and corners, front board detached (susceptible to repair). Internally clean and tight, barring some page aging and creasing to front free endpaper and next page (resulting from detached board), a few pages fragile or with small holes. Six issues of the Monthly Magazine, bound together, from August to December 1803. Packed full of provincial reports (read about abnormal pig births in Shropshire etc); births deaths and marriages; obituaries and memoirs; literary articles and lists of new publications; editorial and comment pieces (trace the increasing threat of a invasion from France); military and municipal reports. Fascinating snapshot of events and contemporary thoughts. Random selection of articles includes: A description of Louisana; Account of the diseases of London; The State of Public Affairs in October 1803; An English Albino; New Acts of the British Legislature; List of Bankrupts and Dividends; The Population Act; The Truchsess Gallery; Travels in Norway, etc. Heavy volume which may require additional charges for international delivery.