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‎BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME I, APRIL-SEPTEMBER 1817, N°I-VI‎

‎William Blackwood. 1817. In-8. Relié cuir dos-coins. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Mors fendus, Intérieur bon état. 672 pages. Dos à nerfs. Dos en cuir, avec titre, année et tomaison dorés sur pièce de titre rouge. Fleurons et filets dorés. Premier plat se détachant. Ex-Libris AA et couronne. Portrait gravé de William Blackwood en page de titre. Illustré de quelques gravures en noir et blanc.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎

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‎N° I, Contents: ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS: Memoir of the late Francis Horner. On the sculpture of the Greeks. Present State of the City of Venice. On the Constitution and Moral Effects of Banks for the Savings of Industry. Tales and Anecdotes of the Pastoral Life. Observations on the Culture of the Sugar Cane in the United States, and on our System of Colonial Policy. Memorandums of a View-Hunter. Account of the American Steam Frigate. On sitting below the Salt. The Craniological Controversy, Some Observations on the Late Pamphlets of Dr Gordon and Dr Spurzheim. On the proposed Establishment of a Foundling Hospital in Edinburgh. Remarks on Greek Tragedy. Notices concerning the Scottish Gypsies. SELECT EXTRACTS: Account of Colonel Beaufoy's Journey to the Summit of Mount Blanc. Account of the Remarkable Case of Margaret Lyall, who continued in a state of sleep nearly six weeks. ANTIQUARIAN REPERTORY: Grant of the Lands of Kyrkenes to the Culdees of Lochleven, by Macbeth son of Finlach, and Gruoch daughter of Bodhe, King and Queen of Scotland. Writ of Privy Seal in favour of Johnne Faw, Lord and Erle of Litill Egipt, granted by King James the Fifth, Feb. 15th 1540. Act of Privy Council 'anent some Egyptianis. The Wife of Auchtermuchtie. Account of the Highland Host (1678). Extract from A Mock Poem upon the Expedition of the Highland Host, by Col. Cleland. ORIGINAL POETRY: The Desolate Village, a Reverie. Italy. Verses recited by the Author, in a Party of his Countrymen, on the day that the news arrived of our final victory over the French. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS: A Series of Discourses on the Christian Revelation, viewed in connexion with the Modern Astronomy, By Thomas Chalmers. Harold the Dauntless; a poem, in six cantos, By the Author of The Bridal of Triermain. Armata, A Fragment. Stories for Children, selected from the History of England, from the Conquest to the Revolution. PERIODICAL WORKS: Edinburgh Review, N° 54. Quarterly Review, N°31. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE: Works Preparing for Publication. Monthly List of New Publications. MONTHLY REGISTER: Foreign Intelligence. Proceedings of Parliament. British Chronicle. Commercial Report. Agricultural Report. Meteorological Report. Births, Marriages, Deaths. N° 2: Account of Mr Ruthven's Improved Printing Press, with engravings... Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon‎