The library: or, Moral and critical magazine : for the year ... By a society of gentlemen.
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Published: | Vol. I. for the year MDXCCLXI. [April, 1761.-December, 1761.]-vol. II. for the year MDCCLXII. [January, 1762.-May, 1762.] |
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| Item Description: | The 'society of gentlemen' includes Andrew Kippis and others. With caption title and date at beginning of each monthly issue. Table of contents arranged in broad subject categories. Imprint to volume 1 lacks date; year of publication from dates of issues. Note at end of May, 1762 issue indicates that the publication was not a financial success and, "a period is put to the publication of the Library". Includes reviews of specific titles, general review articles, poetry selections, a monthly register of curent events including births, marriages, deaths, promotions; later issues include monthly table of stock prices. Issues include 14 essays entitled 'Life' and 3 essays entitled 'The philosopher'. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : tables ; 21 cm (8⁰) |
| Publication Frequency: | Irregular (collected issues) |
| Related Items: | Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The Library. |
| Finding Aid: | Subjects in each vol.; vol. I includes categorical list of new books published each quarter. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- London. |