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Bodleian Library (Oxford)
P001934
Begun and originally edited by James Perry (cf. DNB). Volumes 1-50 published by the Philological Society. Title pages are engraved in v. 1-. Monthly issue title pages include lists of contents and engravings, with other current information for the month on verso. Title repeated as caption title at head of first page of text. Subtitles vary after 1800. Imprint varies; later numbers include J[ohn]. Sewell and James Asperne, publishers; other imprint names include Scatcherd and Whitaker, and Bunney & Gold. Includes 16 essays entitled "Man of the town" (Jan. 1782-Dec. 1783); 2 essays entitled "The Dabbler" (June-July 1782); 7 essays entitled "The Country curate (Sept. 1782-June 1783); 2 essays entitled "The Mental counsellor" (Mar., June 1783); 2 essays entitled "The Occasional and miscellaneous critic" ( Aug. 1783, Jan. 1784); 27 essays entitled "The Peeper" (Sept. 1788-Dec. 1791); 13 essays entitled "The Heteroclite" (Oct. 1788-Apr. 1791); 18 essays entitled "The Wanderer" (Apr. 1798-Oct. 1799); 8 essays entitled "The Moralizer" (Mar. 1799-Apr. 1800); and 22, "Essays after the manner of Goldsmith" by G. Brewer (Nov. 1800-Dec. 1802). Some issues include reprinted material from the London Gazette. A general cultural magazine, including essays on a wide range of topics including theatrical performances, travel, natural history, biography, law, history and literature; includes book reviews, booksellers' announcements, obituaries, marriage announcements, stock prices, bankrupts.
London [England]: printed for John Fielding No. 23, Pater Noster Row; John Debrett, opposite Burlington House, Piccadilly; and John Sewell, No. 32, Cornhill, [1782]-1826. 87 v., plates: ill., ports., maps, tables 8°?p ?s(22 cm.)
