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Proposals for printing, by subscription, the Harleian miscellany, or, A collection of scarce, curious, and entertaining tracts and pamphlets found in the late Earl of Oxfords' library
interspersed with historical, political and critical notes
Conditions -- An account of this undertaking -- The contents to the Harleian miscellany -- A list of the subscribers -- Publisher's advertisement.
Extract from the 3rd volume of the Harleian catalog (Catalogus Bibliothecas Harleianae).
At foot of the titlepage: "Proposals at large, may be had of all booksellers both in town and country, and of Jacob Robinson, publisher, . where subscriptions are taken in."--Thomas Osborne published the pamphlets, selected and edited by William Oldys and with a preface by Dr. Johnson, between 1744 and 1746.
The conditions propose to publish six sheets of the work, at the price of one shilling, every Saturday, no money was required till the delivery of each number. The first number was to be published on Saturday the 24th of March, 1743-4, and the following numbers regularly ever Saturday morning.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Hennington, B. M. Lois G. Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature: a checklist, 316
The Cushing Library/Rare Books/Morrison Collection copy is bound with volume 1 of The Harleian miscellany. The second edition. {London : Thomas Osborne, 1753]. Possibly missing 1 leaf. TXA