The asylum or Weekly miscellany.
Includes historical and biographical anecdotes, selections from published essays and fiction, some correspondence, and poetry.
| Previous Title: | Phoenix, or weekly miscellany improved |
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| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Summary: | Includes historical and biographical anecdotes, selections from published essays and fiction, some correspondence, and poetry. |
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| Published: | Vol. I. [No. 1. (Wednesday, July 30, 1794.)-no. 26. <21 Jan. 1795?>]-vol. III. [no. 53. (Wednesday Oct. 14, 1795.)-no. 78. (Wednesday April 14, 1796.)]. |
| Item Description: | Note below title reads: Containing a pleasing, amusing, and useful variety; partly original, and partly selected from the best periodical publications, and other books of approved merit. Imprints include years of publication; volume 1 dated "1794" but includes weekly number from Jan.? 1795. Some individual issues have colophons which read: "Glasgow: printed by Wm. Bell, Saltmarket"; a few later issues include month, day, and year of publication in colophon. Weekly issues have caption titles, with issue number and price below title. Individual issues have volume numbers on direction line, from volume 2. With continuous pagination and signatures for each volume. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 3 volumes ; 8⁰. |
| Publication Frequency: | Irregular (Collected issues) |
| Related Items: | Collects weekly issues of The Asylum, with index in last issue of each volume. |
| Finding Aid: | Subjects and poetry titles. |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow. Scotland -- Glasgow. |