Il Mercurio Italico: o sia, Ragguaglio generale intorno alla letteratura, bello arti, utili scoperte, ec. di tutta l'Italia [electronic resource] : =The Italian mercury: or, A general account concerning the literature, fine arts, useful discoveries, &c. of all Italy.
1789
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Il Mercurio Italico: o sia, Ragguaglio generale intorno alla letteratura, bello arti, utili scoperte, ec. di tutta l'Italia [electronic resource] : =The Italian mercury: or, A general account concerning the literature, fine arts, useful discoveries, &c. of all Italy.
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Italian mercury: or, A general account concerning the literature, ...
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Ragguaglio generale intorno alla letteratura, ...
Publication Details
Londra [London, England] : nelle stamperia di Couchman & Fry; si trova presso T. Payne & Son; J. Robson & Clark; B. White & Son; G. Nicol; C. Dillly; P. Elmsley; G. & J. Robinson: J. Walter, J. Debrett, &c. &c., MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
Italian
Description
v., plates (some fold.) : maps, plans ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Semiannual
Publication Coverage
[Tom. I.] Jennajo 1789.=January 1789.-
Ceased with: Vol. III. (January 1790).
Ceased with: Vol. III. (January 1790).
Note
Text in English and Italian in parallel columns; some Italian poetry not translated.
Editor: Francesco Sastres.
Vol. 1 in most copies has a second title page, with the imprint for vol. 2, but no quotation; some title pages of vol. 2 include a quotation from Lucretius; vol. 3 copies have an added title page in Italian.
With half-titles in both languages in vols. 1 and 2.
Imprint varies; vol. 2 imprint reads: Londra: nella stamperia Logographica; si trova presso T. Payne & son; ... [same as vol. 1 to "J. Debrett"]; R. Faulder; Edwards; T. & J. Egerton; T. Hookham, &c. &c. [with date in roman].
Vol. 3 imprint reads: London: sold by R. Faulder; J. Robson; T. Hookham: T Payne, and son; B. White, and son; [and 9 others in London, 1 in Cambridge, 1 in Oxford], 1790.
Subscribers list in English, bound in each collected volume.
With continental type ornaments.
Includes reports on new books, essays on classical art and archaeology, Italian history and fine arts, voyages and travels, plans of classical buildings, and some translations from classsical literature.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Editor: Francesco Sastres.
Vol. 1 in most copies has a second title page, with the imprint for vol. 2, but no quotation; some title pages of vol. 2 include a quotation from Lucretius; vol. 3 copies have an added title page in Italian.
With half-titles in both languages in vols. 1 and 2.
Imprint varies; vol. 2 imprint reads: Londra: nella stamperia Logographica; si trova presso T. Payne & son; ... [same as vol. 1 to "J. Debrett"]; R. Faulder; Edwards; T. & J. Egerton; T. Hookham, &c. &c. [with date in roman].
Vol. 3 imprint reads: London: sold by R. Faulder; J. Robson; T. Hookham: T Payne, and son; B. White, and son; [and 9 others in London, 1 in Cambridge, 1 in Oxford], 1790.
Subscribers list in English, bound in each collected volume.
With continental type ornaments.
Includes reports on new books, essays on classical art and archaeology, Italian history and fine arts, voyages and travels, plans of classical buildings, and some translations from classsical literature.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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NCBEL, II:1308
Times handlist, p. 46
Crane & Kaye, 456
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 102
English Short Title Catalog, P6395.
Times handlist, p. 46
Crane & Kaye, 456
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 102
English Short Title Catalog, P6395.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes
Indexes in v. 1-2 in English.
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Collects monthly issues of: Il Mercurio Italico.
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