The Hibernian magazine, or Compendium of entertaining knowledge, [electronic resource] : for ...
1771
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The Hibernian magazine, or Compendium of entertaining knowledge, [electronic resource] : for ...
Uniform Title
Hibernian magazine, or Compendium of entertaining knowledge (Dublin, Ireland : Monthly).
Variant Title
Portion of title: Compendium of entertaining knowledge
Section title: Historical chronicle
Section title: Historical chronicle
Publication Details
Dublin [Ireland] : printed by James Potts, at Swift's-Head, in Dame-street, 1771.
Place of Publication or Printing
Ireland -- Dublin.
Language
English
Description
v., plates (some fold.) : ill., tables, diagrs., maps, ports., music ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Monthly
Publication Coverage
Began in Feb. 1771; ceased in Apr. 1785.
Note
Begun and published by James Potts, later published by Thomas Walker.
Title and date repeated as caption at head of first page of text.
Imprints lack dates; years of publication from dates of issues.
Imprints vary; from <nov.> 1772-Feb. 1773, imprint reads in part: printed by R[obert]. Marchbank for Peter Seguin; during 1773 imprint names alternate between Peter Seguin and James Potts, with printer John Lord's name also appearing in Apr. and May; from Nov. 1773-Feb. 1774 imprint reads: Printed by James Potts; from Mar. 1774 imprint reads in part: Printed by Thomas Walker, who by this time had taken over the publication.
Title page includes list of contents.
Printed in two columns.
Text begins with factotum initial; ornamental headpiece above caption title of each issue.
Running title includes subjects on current pages and date of issue.
Issues include general essays on many topics, selections from literature, comments on the theatre, poetry, a summary of events in Europe and England for the month, public events in Ireland including marriage and death notices and promotions. During the American Revolution there is considerable coverage of events.
Description based on: May, 1772.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Title and date repeated as caption at head of first page of text.
Imprints lack dates; years of publication from dates of issues.
Imprints vary; from <nov.> 1772-Feb. 1773, imprint reads in part: printed by R[obert]. Marchbank for Peter Seguin; during 1773 imprint names alternate between Peter Seguin and James Potts, with printer John Lord's name also appearing in Apr. and May; from Nov. 1773-Feb. 1774 imprint reads: Printed by James Potts; from Mar. 1774 imprint reads in part: Printed by Thomas Walker, who by this time had taken over the publication.
Title page includes list of contents.
Printed in two columns.
Text begins with factotum initial; ornamental headpiece above caption title of each issue.
Running title includes subjects on current pages and date of issue.
Issues include general essays on many topics, selections from literature, comments on the theatre, poetry, a summary of events in Europe and England for the month, public events in Ireland including marriage and death notices and promotions. During the American Revolution there is considerable coverage of events.
Description based on: May, 1772.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1379
Crane & Kaye, 301
English Short Title Catalog, P2405.
Crane & Kaye, 301
English Short Title Catalog, P2405.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes
With subject index and list of plates in each annual volume.
Index to marriages, 1779-1811, by Henry Farrar, published in 2 v.: London, 1897-1898.
Index to marriages, 1779-1811, by Henry Farrar, published in 2 v.: London, 1897-1898.
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Collected annually with yearly supplement.
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