Constantinople Map Boston Massacre Preston trial rare 1770 London mag. issue

(Old Books, 18th Century Books, Periodicals, Magazines, Illustrated Magazines, News, Politics, Literature, free elections, book reviews, current events, War with Spain, gambling among the Malay Indians).The Gentleman's Magazine.Published December 1770, London (St. John's Gate) by E. Cave for Sylvanus Urban.48 pages. Text in English. Front cover with fine large woodcut image of St. John's Gate, London. With an entire page devoted to the then contemporary Boston Massacre trial of Capt. Preston in Boston (he was found not guilty just weeks prior to this issue). Also includes discussion of the effects of gambling on Indians, free elections, drunkeness in public, Voltaire, and much more.Illustrated with a scarce copper engraved folding map titled "A Plan of Constantinople, Places adjacent and canal of the Black Sea" (Engraved by J. Lodge). A lengthy description of the map is found within the issue near the map.Wonderful assortment of topics is covered, please note the image with the specifi