Useful transactions in philosophy, and other sorts of learning, [electronic resource] : for the months of ...
1709
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Useful transactions in philosophy, and other sorts of learning, [electronic resource] : for the months of ...
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Useful transactions for the months of ... pt. 3
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates, in Fleetstreet, [1709]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
3 v. , plate ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Bimonthly
Publication Coverage
January and February, 1708/9. [i.e. 1709]-May, June, July, August and September, 1709.
Note
Editor: William King.
Titles vary slightly.
Note above imprint: "To be continu'd monthly, as they sell."
Imprints lack dates; year of publication from dates of issues.
First number dated according to Lady Day dating.
Note following imprint of no. [3] reads: "where may be had the Transactions for January, February, March and April. Price one shilling each."
With engraved frontispiece.
The first two issues are divided into numbered sections; a table of contents for these is bound following the preface to the March-April issue.
The third number, covering May-Sept. 1709, includes an account of an imaginary voyage to the island of Cajamai, "translated into English from the Dutch," and written as a satire on Sir Hans Sloane.
All three issues represent whimsical satires on the Philosophical Transactions, and on the proceedings of the Royal Society.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
Titles vary slightly.
Note above imprint: "To be continu'd monthly, as they sell."
Imprints lack dates; year of publication from dates of issues.
First number dated according to Lady Day dating.
Note following imprint of no. [3] reads: "where may be had the Transactions for January, February, March and April. Price one shilling each."
With engraved frontispiece.
The first two issues are divided into numbered sections; a table of contents for these is bound following the preface to the March-April issue.
The third number, covering May-Sept. 1709, includes an account of an imaginary voyage to the island of Cajamai, "translated into English from the Dutch," and written as a satire on Sir Hans Sloane.
All three issues represent whimsical satires on the Philosophical Transactions, and on the proceedings of the Royal Society.
Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
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Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1293
Crane & Kaye, 910
Times handlist, p. 36
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory 1702-1714, p. 56
English Short Title Catalog, P2626.
Crane & Kaye, 910
Times handlist, p. 36
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory 1702-1714, p. 56
English Short Title Catalog, P2626.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Indexed in no.[3].
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