[Declaration of Independence]. The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. London: Sylvanus Urban for D. Henry, August 1776.
8vo (210 x 130 mm). Woodcut device on title-page (occasional faint penciled underlining). Disbound.
ONE OF THE FIRST BRITISH PRINTINGS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
The Gentleman's Magazine was founded in 1731 by Edward Cave, who published under the pseudonym "Sylvanus Urban". It is considered to be the first to use the word "magazine," and ten years after its first appearance, it proved to be a great influence on Benjamin Franklin's own General Magazine (Isaacson, 118). Though the Declaration was printed in its entirety in this issue, references to King George III or his son George IV were censored, as were the words "tyrant" and "tyranny."
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