The British mercury, or Annals of history, politics, manners, literature, arts, etc. [electronic resource] : of the British Empire. ... by I.W. von Archenholtz.

Annals of history, politics, manners, literature, arts, etc.

The British mercury

Hamburg [Germany] : printed for the editor and sold in commission by B.G. Hoffman, [1787]

Germany -- Hamburg.

English

v. ; 19 cm. (8⁰)

Quarterly

Began with: Vol. I. for 1787.
-Vol. XVII. for 1791.

Editor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz.
Title pages are engraved.
Title page includes vignette of infant Mercury in flight, signed: Tringham scp:
Imprints lack dates; years of publication from designations.
Individual issues in each volume have caption titles, followed by isse number, place and date of publication.
Number and date repeated on running title line.
Note at end of v. 17, no. 25 (18 June 1791) reads in part, "that the publication of this paper will be concluded with the next no."
Continuous pagination and register in each volume.
Includes news from Britain: politics, legal affairs, court gossip, art and theater reports, new books, anecdotes, poetry, general news and advertisements.
Description based on: Vol. II. for 1787.
Reproduction of original from British Library.

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NCBEL, II:1336
Crane & Kaye, 74
Times handlist, p. 46
English Short Title Catalog, P6307.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

In each volume: topical index, with state paper and poetry titles, issued with the final number.

Collects weekly issues of: The British mercury.

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