The English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse, [electronic resource] : selected from the best periodical papers, magazines, pamphlets and other British publications, published by J.W. v. Archenholtz.
1787
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The English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse, [electronic resource] : selected from the best periodical papers, magazines, pamphlets and other British publications, published by J.W. v. Archenholtz.
Uniform Title
English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse (Hamburg, Germany : Quarterly).
Publication Details
Hamburgh [i.e. Hamburg, Germany] 1787. : printed for the editor, and in commission at Mr. Bohn, [1787-1788]
Place of Publication or Printing
Germany -- Hamburg.
Language
English
Description
3 v. ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Quarterly (collected issues)
Publication Coverage
Volume I. [No. 1-3 (July-Sept. 1787)]-volume III. [no. 7-9 (Jan.-[June] 1788)]
Note
Editor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholtz.
Imprints include years of publication.
Colophon in vols. 1-2 reads: Printed by J.M. Michaelsen.
Date of last number from note at end of vol. 3: "present work is concluded with this volume", apparently due to poor sales; note dated: June 26, 1788; signed: v. Archenholtz.
Detailed contents intended to be included at end of each volume; vol. 1 contents omitted in error, included in vol. 2.
Miscellaneous essays and excerpts from previously published works: histories, fiction, plays, biographies; includes articles on natural science, anecdotes, puzzles, poetry, correspondence of well known literary and public figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson). Issues include unpublished letters of "the late Mr. Sterne," no. 7-32; footnote in no. 1 reports that no. 1-6 were previously published in the British Mercury and cannot be reprinted. Each issue includes unnumbered essay: The Moralist.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Imprints include years of publication.
Colophon in vols. 1-2 reads: Printed by J.M. Michaelsen.
Date of last number from note at end of vol. 3: "present work is concluded with this volume", apparently due to poor sales; note dated: June 26, 1788; signed: v. Archenholtz.
Detailed contents intended to be included at end of each volume; vol. 1 contents omitted in error, included in vol. 2.
Miscellaneous essays and excerpts from previously published works: histories, fiction, plays, biographies; includes articles on natural science, anecdotes, puzzles, poetry, correspondence of well known literary and public figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson). Issues include unpublished letters of "the late Mr. Sterne," no. 7-32; footnote in no. 1 reports that no. 1-6 were previously published in the British Mercury and cannot be reprinted. Each issue includes unnumbered essay: The Moralist.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1308
Crane & Kaye, 1267
English Short Title Catalog, P3026.
Crane & Kaye, 1267
English Short Title Catalog, P3026.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Collects monthly issues of: The English lyceum.
Another edition was published in London during the same years.
Another edition was published in London during the same years.
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Moralist.
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