The Whimsical repository, or General receptacle. [electronic resource] : Of wit, humour & entertainment; containing ... for the year ...
1774
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The Whimsical repository, or General receptacle. [electronic resource] : Of wit, humour & entertainment; containing ... for the year ...
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General receptacle
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The Whimsical repository; or, General receptacle of wit, humour & entertainment
Running Title
The Whimsical repository
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for R : Snagg, no 29 Paternoster-Row, & sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain & Ireland, 1774-1775.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v., plates (some fold.) ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Annual (collected issues)
Publication Coverage
1774 [sic]. Vol. I. [Aug. 1774-July 1775]
Ceased in 1776.
Ceased in 1776.
Note
Title page of vol. 1 is engraved; v. 2 is letterpress.
Monthly issues have caption titles with month and year of issue.
Imprints lack year of publication; dated from monthly issues.
Imprints vary; v. 2 reads: "London: printed for T. Bell, (no. 26), Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, and sold by all the booksellers".
Title page includes contents note.
With continuous pagination in each volume.
Frontis. engravings for monthly issues signed: "Terry del. et sculp".
Includes biographical anecdotes, miscellaneous excerpts from essays, speeches, histories, serialized adventure stories, correspondence, amusing or unusual news notes and selections of poetry. The Oct. 1775 number includes a brief biographical note on Geo. Washington. Includes a series of numbered essays: "The Listner [sic]".
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Monthly issues have caption titles with month and year of issue.
Imprints lack year of publication; dated from monthly issues.
Imprints vary; v. 2 reads: "London: printed for T. Bell, (no. 26), Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, and sold by all the booksellers".
Title page includes contents note.
With continuous pagination in each volume.
Frontis. engravings for monthly issues signed: "Terry del. et sculp".
Includes biographical anecdotes, miscellaneous excerpts from essays, speeches, histories, serialized adventure stories, correspondence, amusing or unusual news notes and selections of poetry. The Oct. 1775 number includes a brief biographical note on Geo. Washington. Includes a series of numbered essays: "The Listner [sic]".
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1305
English Short Title Catalog, P2812.
English Short Title Catalog, P2812.
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 this periodical.
Includes
Listner. No.1-<6>.
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