The Ladies magazine or, the Universal entertainer : By Jasper Goodwill, of Oxford, esq;.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Standardized Title:

Ladies magazine or, the Universal entertainer (London, England : Biweekly).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

English poetry.

History.

Civilization.

Great Britain.

England.

Criminals--Great Britain--Biography--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Criminals.

England--Civilization--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals.

Biographies.

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

volumes, plates ; 4⁰

Biweekly

Numb. 1. Saturday, November 18, 1749. Vol. I.-[No. 33. vol. IV.] Saturday, November 10, 1753.

Other Title:

Ladies magazine

Portion of title: Universal entertainer

Caption and running title verso: The Ladies magazine

The ladies magazine v.1, no. 13-v.3, no. 28 (21 Apr./5 May 1750-9/23 Dec. 1752)

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for the proprietors, and sold by G. Griffith, the corner of Elliot's-Court, in the Little Old Bailey; where all letters (post paid) will be receiv'd; and by applying to whom, all persons may be assured of being regularly served, 1749-[1753]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Preface signed: "Jasper Goodwill".

Title fluctuates.

Title page includes contents list and an address to the reading public; imprint is above this address.

Text begins below added caption title on verso of title page, except for last issue, which lacks normal preliminaries.

Running title includes date and issue number.

Imprint includes price and year of publication.

Imprints vary; in later issues they read in part: "printed and published by T. Wooddeson".

Last issue lacks imprint.

Includes biography, history, travel and poetry, with a general news section in each issue. Not regularly distinguishable from other publications in content, except for frequent references in the text to "the ladies". Biographies of criminals and crime news heavily reported.

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).

Some issues misdated.

Last issue lacks number.

First collected vol. has unnumbered supplement dated 10 Nov. 1750.

Collected annually, the year running from Nov. to Nov., as: The Ladies magazine.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1299

Times handlist, p. 41

Crane & Kaye, 356

English Short Title Catalog, P2570.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.