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With numerous engraved plates & illustrations in the text. (12mo) 20.3x12.5 cm (8x5"), period full calf, tooled in blind, raised bands, morocco spine label, lettering in gilt. First Edition. Notably includes some of the earliest popular articles on experiments in Electricity, with the invention of the Leyden Jar coming a year later. Benjamin Franklin would go on to publish his own experiments in this same journal in 1750. The Gentleman's Magazine was a popular monthly magazine founded in London, England, by Edward Cave in January 1731. It ran uninterrupted for almost 200 years, until 1922. Each volume contains a wealth of information on a given year, covered as contemporary news with supplementary illustrations, diagrams, and data tables. Bookplate of previous owner John Edwards Wilson on pastedown.