A Collection of the Occasional papers. : For the year ...

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Author/Creator:

Browne, Simon, 1680-1732, author.

Avery, Benjamin, -1764, author.

Grosvenor, B. (Benjamin), 1676-1758, author.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 8⁰

Annual

[V. I (1716)-v. III (1719)]

Other Title:

Occasional papers

These are also known as the: Bagwell papers

Occasional paper

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for J. Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Harrison under the Royal Exchange; and A. Dodd, without Temple Bar, 1716-[1719]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Essays written by a group of seven men: Simon Browne, Benj. Avery, Benj. Grosvenor, Sam. Wright, John Evans, Jabez Earle, Nath. Lardner, and Moses Lowman, whose initials made up the popular nickname of the publication.

Each issue has individual title page; issues in v. 1 also have half-titles.

Distinctive titles for each issue repeated as running titles.

Imprints include year of publication: arabic in v. 1, roman in v. 2-3.

Imprints vary; added names include: Em. Matthews, J. Roberts.

Monthly issues vary in content; each one is an essay on a single topic, given a distinctive title on both title page and first page of text. Subjects include religion, ethics, politics and the theater. Some issues are devoted to correspondence from readers.

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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Volume numbering begins with v. 2.

Cumulates, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The Occasional paper.

Finding Aid/Index:

Detailed contents for v. 1-2 included in v. 2 as index.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1276

Crane & Kaye, 642

Goldsmiths lib. cat., 37592

English Short Title Catalog, P203.

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