The Gentleman’s Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XXXIII. For the Year M.DCC.LXIII. January to December, 1763.

London: Printed for D. Henry and R. Cave, 1763. 8vo, half contemporary calf and marbled paper over boards, red lettering piece, gilt rules, volume number and date at spine. [2], ii, 646, 18 pp. of index., 5 folding maps and plans, 14 plates.

An interesting volume of this important 18th century British periodical, with several articles on American subjects, two of them accompanied by maps.

Among the more salient articles are the following: Some Account of Louisiana, or the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina, and of the Countries That Lie on Both Sides of the Mississippi, Where a Colony From the Plantations is Actually Now Forming, with a folding map of Virginia, Carolina and Louisiana Territory; An Account of the Commerce of Louisiana; Some Account of the Government of East and West Florida, with a map of the region; and An Account of the Disturbances in North America. The latter is a vivid summary of recent incidents in the French and Indian War, such as the attack by native people on the garrison at Michillimackinac: “Capt. Campbell was butcher’d in revenge of one of the sachem’s sons that was killed in a skirmish at Detroit: they gave him time to pray, kneeling on the body of the deceas’d chief, then killed him, taking his heart and eating it reeking hot, and cutting his body to pieces with their tomahawks. Sir Robert Davers they boiled and eat; and an officer who was taken at Sandusky, but since escaped, saw the skin of Lieut. Robertson’s arm made into a tobacco pouch.” Among the other articles of interest is Geographical and Physical Observations, including a Theory of the Antarctic Regions, and the Frozen Sea Which They Are Supposed to Contain, According to the Hypothesis of the Celebrated M. Buache, accompanied by a folding Chart of the Antarctic Polar Circle.

CONDITION: Very good, rubbed, a few dings to spine and covers, contents clean and crisp; early armorial bookplate of Charles Clarke on front paste-down.