... The Devil [electronic resource] : containing a review and investigation of all public subjects whatever; ... By a society of literary gentlemen; ...
1786
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... The Devil [electronic resource] : containing a review and investigation of all public subjects whatever; ... By a society of literary gentlemen; ...
Uniform Title
Devil (London, England : 1786).
Running Title
The Devil
Publication Details
[London, England] : Printed by Denew & Grant, no. 91, Wardour-Street, ans sold by W.S. Fores, no. 3, Piccadilly; C. Couch, stationer, Curzon-Street, May-Fair; and by all the booksellers in town and country, [1786-1787?]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v. ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Weekly
Publication Coverage
No. I. [vol. I. (2 Oct. 1786)]-No. IX. Vol. II. [1787]
Note
"By a socity of literary gentlemen" appears on title page of each issue, however the editorship attributed to Charles Dibdin (cf. DNB).
Title word a block print, white on black, for no. 1-13 issues; title page of vol. 2: no. 9 lacks the word 'Devil' and substites a cut of the Devil blowing a horn.
With half-titles for early issues.
Title repeated as caption and running title in each issue.
Issue number at head of title in brackets; note below number reads: Price Twopence [Threepence in later issues]. To be continued weekly.
Following title: "Calculated to furnish the world with every material intelligence and remark, relative to literature, arts, arms, commerce, ... together with all other of the various topics that excite universal curiosity, .. intended as a disinterested and handsome tribute to the liberty of the English press."
Imprints lack year of publication; dated from reference sources.
Imprints vary; from no. 10-12 imprint reads in part: printed by H.Reynell and sold by W.S. Fores; from no. 13- > : printed for, and sold by W.S. Fores, no. 3, Piccadilly; <v. 2: no. 9> reads: Printed for the proprietors, by J. Stevenson, Martlet-court, Bow-Street, and sold a their office--the Pandemonium, ....
Signatures and pagination continuous within each volume.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
Title word a block print, white on black, for no. 1-13 issues; title page of vol. 2: no. 9 lacks the word 'Devil' and substites a cut of the Devil blowing a horn.
With half-titles for early issues.
Title repeated as caption and running title in each issue.
Issue number at head of title in brackets; note below number reads: Price Twopence [Threepence in later issues]. To be continued weekly.
Following title: "Calculated to furnish the world with every material intelligence and remark, relative to literature, arts, arms, commerce, ... together with all other of the various topics that excite universal curiosity, .. intended as a disinterested and handsome tribute to the liberty of the English press."
Imprints lack year of publication; dated from reference sources.
Imprints vary; from no. 10-12 imprint reads in part: printed by H.Reynell and sold by W.S. Fores; from no. 13- > : printed for, and sold by W.S. Fores, no. 3, Piccadilly; <v. 2: no. 9> reads: Printed for the proprietors, by J. Stevenson, Martlet-court, Bow-Street, and sold a their office--the Pandemonium, ....
Signatures and pagination continuous within each volume.
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
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NCBEL, II:1287
DNB (1909 ed.), XV:5
Crane & Kaye, 170
Times handlist, p. 46
English Short Title Catalog, P201.
DNB (1909 ed.), XV:5
Crane & Kaye, 170
Times handlist, p. 46
English Short Title Catalog, P201.
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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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