The Biographical magazine. [electronic resource] : Containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons of every age and nation.
1794
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Title
The Biographical magazine. [electronic resource] : Containing portraits and characters of eminent and ingenious persons of every age and nation.
Uniform Title
Biographical magazine (London, England : Monthly).
Variant Title
At head of title: Harrison's Biographical magazine
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for Harrison and Co. no. 18, Paternoster Row; and sold by all other booksellers, printsellers, stationers, and newsmen, in Great Britain and Ireland, [1794- ]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v. : ill., ports, ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Monthly
Publication Coverage
Number 1. [1 Mar. 1794]-
Ceased with [2 May 1796]. Cf. Bodley cat.
Ceased with [2 May 1796]. Cf. Bodley cat.
Note
Title and imprint from wrappers.
First issue has added engraved title page.
Imprint lacks date; first year of publication from engraved title page.
Wrappers include names of subjects depicted in each issue.
Issue number, price, "one shilling only", and frequency "To be continued monthly", notes printed above title.
Number repeated in upper left wrapper margin on front and back.
Below imprint in brackets: "Entered at Stationers Hall."
Each issue consists of from four to six engraved portraits, with letterpress text beneath, on recto of individual unnumbered leaves. Some numbers include wrapper advertisements or have added advertisement leaves bound with text.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
First issue has added engraved title page.
Imprint lacks date; first year of publication from engraved title page.
Wrappers include names of subjects depicted in each issue.
Issue number, price, "one shilling only", and frequency "To be continued monthly", notes printed above title.
Number repeated in upper left wrapper margin on front and back.
Below imprint in brackets: "Entered at Stationers Hall."
Each issue consists of from four to six engraved portraits, with letterpress text beneath, on recto of individual unnumbered leaves. Some numbers include wrapper advertisements or have added advertisement leaves bound with text.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1310
Crane & Kaye, 52
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 16
Bodleian newspapers, p. 15
English Short Title Catalog, P2264.
Crane & Kaye, 52
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 16
Bodleian newspapers, p. 15
English Short Title Catalog, P2264.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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