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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar : of the transactions of the turf, the chace, and every other diversion interesting to the man of pleasure and enterprize.
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- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar (London, England : Semiannual).
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- volumes, plates : frontis. ; 8⁰
- Semiannual (April and October)
- Volume the first. [Oct. 1792-Mar. 1793]-
- Ceased in: 1870. Cf. Ward.
- Other Title:
- Portion of title: Monthly calendar
- Section title: Poetry. The high court of Diana
- Sporting magazine
- High court of Diana
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wheble, o. 18. Warwick Square, Warwick Lane, near St. Paul's, MDCCXCIII [1793]-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- General title page engraved, with title page vignette.
- Title pages of monthly issues include table of contents.
- Racing calendars are bound at ends of cumulated volumes.
- Includes essays and articles covering all aspects of sport, including hunting of exotic game in India, horse racing in Britain, shooting, game laws, veterinary science, boxing, rules of card games, cricket. Includes a section devoted to the poetry of sport and the chase, and monthly racing calendar.
- 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).
- Volumes lack chronological designation; dated from imprints.
- Collects monthly issues with the same title.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Last monthly issue of each volume includes subject index.
- Index to the engravings: 1792-1870, published in 1892.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1309
- Crane & Kaye, 841
- Times handlist, p. 47
- Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 153
- English Short Title Catalog, P2463.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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