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The gospel magazine; or Treasury of divine knowledge : designed to promote experimental religion.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Religion.
- Moral education--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Moral education.
- Theology--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Theology.
- Religious poetry--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Religious poetry.
- Theology--Periodicals.
- Religion--Periodicals.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 10 volumes, plates : illustrations, portraits, engr. music ; 20 cm (8⁰)
- Annual (collected issues)
- Volume IX (= vol. I). [January 1774-December 1774.]-vol. X. [January, 1783-July, 1783]
- Ceased in Sept. 1783.
- Other Title:
- Gospel magazine
- The gospel magazine, for ...
- Fluctuating title: The gospel magazine, and Moral miscellany v. 6 (1779)
- Running title, verso: The Gospel magazine
- Continues:
- Gospel-magazine,or spiritual library
- Continued By:
- Gospel magazine (London, England : 1783)
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : printed for Vallance and Simmons, no. 120, Cheapside, M.DCC.LXXIV [1774-1783]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Editor (to June 1776): Augustus Toplady.
- With added engraved title page, giving new volume numbers: I-X (1774-1783).
- Title repeated on monthly issue title pages, which also include table of contents.
- Frontis. plate signed: George Burder sculptor.
- Preface signed: The editors.
- Imprints vary: imprints for 1779-1781 read in part: printed for T[homas]. Vallance and Alex. Hogg.
- Imprints include the year of publication in roman.
- Volumes have continuous pagination and register.
- At end of v. 10, which ends before the end of 1783, "in order to render the preceding volume complete for binding," note appears at head of index leaf.
- Includes essays on religious topics, religioius biographies, church history, and morals; with correspondence, poetry, a monthly chronicle of current events including church preferments, marriages, births and deaths. Each monthly number includes frontis. portrait of an important churchman and an engraved hymn with text and music.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
- Ceased publishing Sept. 1783.
- Volume title pages lack chronological designations.
- Monthly issues unnumbered.
- Appendices in each annual volume.
- Collects monthly issues of: The gospel magazine.
- New series with new title begins: Oct. 1783.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Subject index in each volume.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1305
- Times handlist, p. 44
- Crane & Kaye, 287
- English Short Title Catalog, P3402.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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