The monthly catalogue [electronic resource] : being an exact account of all books and pamphlets published ... Together with proposals for printing by subscription some books now in the press, or preparing for it. As likewise a list of books printed in foreign parts.
1723
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The monthly catalogue [electronic resource] : being an exact account of all books and pamphlets published ... Together with proposals for printing by subscription some books now in the press, or preparing for it. As likewise a list of books printed in foreign parts.
Uniform Title
Monthly catalogue (London, England : 1723).
Variant Title
Volume title pages read: The ... volume of the monthly catalogue Vols. 1-3
Publication Details
London [England] : printed by S[usanna]. Collins, for John Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain, [1723-1729]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
4 v. ; 2⁰.
Frequency
Monthly
Publication Coverage
Numb. 1. (March, M.DCC.XXIII.)-Numb. LXXXII. (Februrary, 1730).
Note
Editor and publisher: John Wilford.
Title from caption.
Subtitles vary slightly; from no. 21 subtitles read in part: "being an exact register of all books"; from no. 33: "being a general register of books".
Imprint from no. 1-4 from colophon; almost all issues after no. 5 lack colophons.
Imprints lack dates, except for no. 18-19.
Issues from no. 5 include publisher's statement below title: "Collected by John Wilford, bookseller, in Little-Britain"; followed by a statement that earlier numbers are available.
Extended title includes date of issue.
Issue number from head of title.
Volume title pages give years of issues included; there is no known title page for volume 4.
Some numbers include price at foot of first page of text.
With individual pagination for no. 1-20; from no. 21 (Jan. 1724) pagination and register are continuous through each calendar year.
Printed in two columns from no. 59 (Mar. 1728).
Title pages for the first three volumes are dated: 1725, 1727, and 1729. First volume runs from Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724; vol. 2 include numbers for 1725-1726; vol. 3 includes 1727-1728; vol. 4 includes numbers for 1729 and Jan.-Feb. 1730, when publication ceased.
Includes classified list of new and reprinted books and pamphlets for each month; includes foreign language publications and books published abroad. Prices are included in the announcements.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Title from caption.
Subtitles vary slightly; from no. 21 subtitles read in part: "being an exact register of all books"; from no. 33: "being a general register of books".
Imprint from no. 1-4 from colophon; almost all issues after no. 5 lack colophons.
Imprints lack dates, except for no. 18-19.
Issues from no. 5 include publisher's statement below title: "Collected by John Wilford, bookseller, in Little-Britain"; followed by a statement that earlier numbers are available.
Extended title includes date of issue.
Issue number from head of title.
Volume title pages give years of issues included; there is no known title page for volume 4.
Some numbers include price at foot of first page of text.
With individual pagination for no. 1-20; from no. 21 (Jan. 1724) pagination and register are continuous through each calendar year.
Printed in two columns from no. 59 (Mar. 1728).
Title pages for the first three volumes are dated: 1725, 1727, and 1729. First volume runs from Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724; vol. 2 include numbers for 1725-1726; vol. 3 includes 1727-1728; vol. 4 includes numbers for 1729 and Jan.-Feb. 1730, when publication ceased.
Includes classified list of new and reprinted books and pamphlets for each month; includes foreign language publications and books published abroad. Prices are included in the announcements.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1346
Crane & Kaye, 569
English Short Title Catalog, P2165.
Crane & Kaye, 569
English Short Title Catalog, P2165.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes
Classified subject index included in vol. 1 (Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724), and annually thereafter in the December issue.
Linking Note
Absorbed by 'The Monthly chronicle', March 1730; cf. NCBEL.
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Monthly chronicle
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