Description: The Penny Magazine Nov. 30, 1833 St. Peter's Cathedral plague in Baghdad Canterbury, England This is a paper which is 190 years old. It is printed in a small format, measuring 7 by 11 in size, and is 8 pages long. The issue came from a bound volume and has typical minor disbinding marks at its spine, but is otherwise in fine, bright and attractive condition. The issue's lead article is on ST. PETER'S, with more than half of the front page on a nice wood engraving, captioned "Central Nave of St. Peter's." The accompanying text of about 150 lines describing the cathedral's architecture begins: "The interior of this wonderful church is, on the whole, as grand and beautiful as the exterior, though, like that, not free from architectural defects. It is not, however, when the stranger first crosses the threshhold of its grand gate that the full majesty of the place bursts upon him, but it is by degrees, and after repeated visits that he is made sensible of its size and matchless sublimity. . ." Etc. This is followed by an article of more than a page and a half on THE PLAGUE OF BAGDAD, by one of the Survivors. This piece begins: "In the early part of the year 1831, the people of Bagdad remained in anxious but passive expectation of the calamities of war and plague; and they waited not long before calamities, more in number and greater in extent than the worst they had feared, came upon them. In the year preceding, Tabreez had been devastated by the plague; . . . It came down slowly upon Bagdad, pausing at Kerkook, where thousands of the people fell before it. . . . Moslems in general regard all sanitory precautions as measures of futile and wicked opposition tpo that divine will which must be accomplished. . . Death by plague is also regarded as a martyrdom. . . . 7,000 perished in the first fortnight . . . It had scarcely commenced. . . . This extent of destruction . . . far exceeds that of any plague of which authentic record remains. . ." Etc. There are also articles on CITY OF CANTERBURY, in Kent, England. This consists of 160 lines of text, and a nice 4 x 6-inch view of "Canterbury, from the Railway." And the issue concludes with more over two pages, and an illustration on the history and ruins of the ancient city of PALMYRA. *************************** Background on this publication: The Penny Magazine was a weekly 8-page paper put out by Londons Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Throughout the 1830s, an American edition was very popular in the United States, only to dwindle into extinction during the following decade. The paper did not cover the current news of the day, and carried no advertising. Instead, The Penny Magazine provided excellent essays on a wide array of subjects, such as architecture, science, geography and natural history. The paper was compact in size, and every issue was illustrated with several fine woodcut engravings. 106 [gsp10206] _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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