The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure 1777 vol. 60 (january to june) vol. 61 (july to december) and Supplement to vol. 61 - Hinton, John fl.1732-d.1781; Bent, W. (London Hinton, 1777)
The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was a periodical published in London in the period 1747–1814 by John Hinton and W. Bent.
2 vols. in one
first edition complete with 19 plates, one hand-coloured (including folding map of the Present Seat of War in North America and plates of the Open-Bellied Crocodile of the Ganges) bound with volume LXI printed 1777 complete with 20 plates (including Curious Experiments, and new species of Cuckow – the Honey Guide)
The chapters "The Life of Archangelo Corelli " and The General History and peculiar Character of the Works of Archangelo Corelli'" (edition April 1777, p.169-172) are proceded by a portrait of A.Corelli (p.169) " ...a beautiful Engraving of his Head, from a Portrait by the late Mr. Henry Howard" (1697 ).
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Containing News, Letters, Debates, Poetry, Musick, Biography, History,Geography, Voyages,n Criticism, Translations, Philosophy, Mathematics, Husbandry, Gardening, Coockery, Chemistry, Mechanics, Trade, Navigation, Architecture and other Arts and Sciences which may render it Instructive and Entertaining to Gentry, Farmers and Tradesmen: To which occasionally will be added An Impartial Account of Books in several Languages, and of the State of Learning in Europe: Also Of the Stage, New Operas, Plays and Oratorios.
Keywords: 18th Century (1701-1800); Bibliography; Journalism; Science; Cuckoo; Periodical; Theater criticism; Literature; London (United Kingdom); Corelli, A._portrait