The library: or, Moral and critical magazine, [electronic resource] : for the year ... By a society of gentlemen.
1761
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The library: or, Moral and critical magazine, [electronic resource] : for the year ... By a society of gentlemen.
Caption Title
The library, for
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for R. Griffiths in the Strand, and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange, [1761-MDCCLXII. [1762]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
2 v. : tables ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Frequency
Irregular (collected issues)
Publication Coverage
Vol. I. for the year MDXCCLXI. [April, 1761.-December, 1761.]-vol. II. for the year MDCCLXII. [January, 1762.-May, 1762.]
Note
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 v. 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 British Library.
With caption title and date at beginning of each monthly issue.
Table of contents arranged in broad subject categories.
Imprint to v. 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 British Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1303
Crane & Kaye, 369
Times handlist, p. 43
English Short Title Catalog, P6031.
Crane & Kaye, 369
Times handlist, p. 43
English Short Title Catalog, P6031.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes
Subjects in each vol.; vol. I includes categorical list of new books published each quarter.
Linking Note
Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The Library.
Added Author
Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795, ed.
Includes
Life. No. 1-14.
Philosopher. No. 1-3.
Philosopher. No. 1-3.
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