The British mercury. [electronic resource] : Containing 1. The present state of the world, or a philosophical Inquiry into the Origin and Progress of Commerce, Literature, and Politics. 2. The Brain Sucker, or the Distress of Authorship: 3. Account of the Natives of Joanna, an Island in the African Seas: 4. Songs of the Madecassi: 5. Address to the King: 6. The Birth-Day: 7. Correspondence between a Chinese Philosopher, now in England, and a Mandarin at Pekin: 8. Humorous Strictures on the Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey: 9. General View of Affairs in the Summer of 1787: 10. Humorous Account of the Reception which Charlemagne and his Twelve Peers met with at the Court of Hugo, Emperor of Constantinople: 11. The Serpent that tempted Eve defined. 12. La Bagatelle, containing many Original Bon Mots, J'eux D'esprit, &c. 13. On the late Commotions in Holland. 14. On the late Conduct of Lord G. Gordon. 15. On the Paintings exhibited in 1787. 16. Critique on, and Extracts from the Lousiad, Irish Birth-Day Ode, King's Weston Hill, Nina, &c. &c. 17. Curious extracts from Foreign Publications, &c. &c. To Which IS Now Added, The Priests of Apollo; A Song From The Original Hebrew. Embellished with three caricature prints, Exhibiting The Brain-Sucker, the British Lion, and Moses erecting the Brazen Serpent in the Desart.
1788
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The British mercury. [electronic resource] : Containing 1. The present state of the world, or a philosophical Inquiry into the Origin and Progress of Commerce, Literature, and Politics. 2. The Brain Sucker, or the Distress of Authorship: 3. Account of the Natives of Joanna, an Island in the African Seas: 4. Songs of the Madecassi: 5. Address to the King: 6. The Birth-Day: 7. Correspondence between a Chinese Philosopher, now in England, and a Mandarin at Pekin: 8. Humorous Strictures on the Musical Festival at Westminster Abbey: 9. General View of Affairs in the Summer of 1787: 10. Humorous Account of the Reception which Charlemagne and his Twelve Peers met with at the Court of Hugo, Emperor of Constantinople: 11. The Serpent that tempted Eve defined. 12. La Bagatelle, containing many Original Bon Mots, J'eux D'esprit, &c. 13. On the late Commotions in Holland. 14. On the late Conduct of Lord G. Gordon. 15. On the Paintings exhibited in 1787. 16. Critique on, and Extracts from the Lousiad, Irish Birth-Day Ode, King's Weston Hill, Nina, &c. &c. 17. Curious extracts from Foreign Publications, &c. &c. To Which IS Now Added, The Priests of Apollo; A Song From The Original Hebrew. Embellished with three caricature prints, Exhibiting The Brain-Sucker, the British Lion, and Moses erecting the Brazen Serpent in the Desart.
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Oswald, John, d. 1793.
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British mercury
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A new edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for J. Ridgway, No. 1, York-Street, St. James's-Square, and L. Macdonald, No. 454, opposite Villers-Street, Strand, M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
36,4,[1],38-102,[3],104-138p.,plates ; 12⁰.
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Anonymous. By John Oswald.
Contains nos.I-IV, dated 12 May to June 1787.
The titlepages to nos.II-IV read: 'The British mercury. No .. ', with the imprint: London: printed for J. Ridgway; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country.
The plates are dated 1787.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Contains nos.I-IV, dated 12 May to June 1787.
The titlepages to nos.II-IV read: 'The British mercury. No .. ', with the imprint: London: printed for J. Ridgway; and sold by all the booksellers in town and country.
The plates are dated 1787.
Braces in imprint.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T135275.
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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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Reprint. Originally published biweekly.
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