The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure , July-December 1793. London: W. Bent, 1793.
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure , July-December 1793. London: W. Bent, 1793. 8 o (210 x 125mm). Frontispiece, six folding maps, including Plan of the City of Washington (closed tears and repairs), six engraved plates. Contemporary marbled boards (covers detached, front free endpaper detached, and losses to spine and boards). A CHILLING ACCOUNT OF THE BEHEADING OF LOUIS XVI AND AN EARLY MAP OF WASHINGTON D.C. are both contained within this run of six months of issues from The Universal Magazine (July-December 1793). Several issues report news from Revolutionary France, but the October issue contains a detailed account of the execution of Louis XVI (pp.246-256): "The executioner held up the bleeding head and the guards cried 'Vive la republique!'" Tipped into the July issue B. Baker's engraving of the "Plan of the City of Washington; now Building for the Metropolis of America, and established as the Permanent Residence of Congress after the Year 1800."
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure , July-December 1793. London: W. Bent, 1793.
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure , July-December 1793. London: W. Bent, 1793. 8 o (210 x 125mm). Frontispiece, six folding maps, including Plan of the City of Washington (closed tears and repairs), six engraved plates. Contemporary marbled boards (covers detached, front free endpaper detached, and losses to spine and boards). A CHILLING ACCOUNT OF THE BEHEADING OF LOUIS XVI AND AN EARLY MAP OF WASHINGTON D.C. are both contained within this run of six months of issues from The Universal Magazine (July-December 1793). Several issues report news from Revolutionary France, but the October issue contains a detailed account of the execution of Louis XVI (pp.246-256): "The executioner held up the bleeding head and the guards cried 'Vive la republique!'" Tipped into the July issue B. Baker's engraving of the "Plan of the City of Washington; now Building for the Metropolis of America, and established as the Permanent Residence of Congress after the Year 1800."
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