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... The Devil : containing a review and investigation of all public subjects whatever; ... By a society of literary gentlemen; ...

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Devil (London, England : 1786)
Other Authors: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814 (Editor)
Format: Journal
Language:English
Series:Eighteenth century collections online.
Subjects:
Siddons, Sarah, > 1755-1831 > Public opinion > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Public opinion > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Voltaire, > 1694-1778 > Public opinion > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, > 1751-1816 > Public opinion > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Theater > England > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Theater > Reviews > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Actors > England > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
English literature > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > Periodicals > Early works to 1800.
Periodicals > England > 18th century.
Online Access:Full text online
Description
Published:No. I. [vol. I. (2 Oct. 1786)]-No. IX. Vol. II. [1787]
Item Description:"By a socity of literary gentlemen" appears on title page of each issue, however the editorship attributed to Charles Dibdin (cf. DNB).
Title word a block print, white on black, for number 1-13 issues; title page of volume 2: number 9 lacks the word 'Devil' and substites a cut of the Devil blowing a horn.
With half-titles for early issues.
Title repeated as caption and running title in each issue.
Issue number at head of title in brackets; note below number reads: Price Twopence [Threepence in later issues]. To be continued weekly.
Following title: "Calculated to furnish the world with every material intelligence and remark, relative to literature, arts, arms, commerce, ... together with all other of the various topics that excite universal curiosity, .. intended as a disinterested and handsome tribute to the liberty of the English press."
Imprints lack year of publication; dated from reference sources.
Imprints vary; from number 10-12 imprint reads in part: printed by H.Reynell and sold by W.S. Fores; from number 13- > : printed for, and sold by W.S. Fores, number 3, Piccadilly; <volume 2: number 9> reads: Printed for the proprietors, by J. Stevenson, Martlet-court, Bow-Street, and sold at their office--the Pandemonium, ....
Signatures and pagination continuous within each volume.
Reproduction of original from the "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:volumes ; 8⁰.
Publication Frequency:Weekly
Place of Publication:Great Britain -- England -- London.