The pocket magazine; or, Elegant repository [electronic resource] : of useful and polite literature.
1794
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Title
The pocket magazine; or, Elegant repository [electronic resource] : of useful and polite literature.
Uniform Title
Pocket magazine; or, Elegant repository (London, England : Semiannual)
Portion of Title
Elegant repository of useful and polite literature
Running Title
Pocket magazine
Publication Details
London [England] : Harrison & Co. 18, Pater-noster Row, 1794-1795.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v., plates : ill., ports. ; 12⁰.
Frequency
Semiannual
Publication Coverage
Vol. I.-vol. V. [no. I. August 1794.-no. XXIX. December 1796]
Note
Title pages and frontis. plates engraved, with volume number on frontis.
Title page includes note on subjects, with motto: "Multum in parvo" a bove printer's ornament, and "Utile et dulce" below.
Imprints include years of publication.
Monthly issues lack title pages.
Issue numbering consecutive from volume to volume.
Includes biographies, articles on well-known places, interesting inventions, with foreign and London news for the month, criminal trials of interest, births, marriages, deaths, preferments, bankrupts, theater news, and a poetry section. Volumes include bills of mortality and directions for plates.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
Title page includes note on subjects, with motto: "Multum in parvo" a bove printer's ornament, and "Utile et dulce" below.
Imprints include years of publication.
Monthly issues lack title pages.
Issue numbering consecutive from volume to volume.
Includes biographies, articles on well-known places, interesting inventions, with foreign and London news for the month, criminal trials of interest, births, marriages, deaths, preferments, bankrupts, theater news, and a poetry section. Volumes include bills of mortality and directions for plates.
Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1310
Times handlist, p. 47
Crane & Kaye, 724
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 128
English Short Title Catalog, P6473.
Times handlist, p. 47
Crane & Kaye, 724
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 128
English Short Title Catalog, P6473.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes
Classified index in each volume: subjects, poetry titles, government news, theaters.
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Collects monthly issues of: The Pocket magazine; or, Elegant repository of useful and polite literature.
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