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The Whimsical repository, or General receptacle. : Of wit, humour & entertainment; containing ... for the year ..
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- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Washington, George.
- Intellectual life.
- Wit and humor--Periodicals.
- Wit and humor.
- Anecdotes.
- England.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Anecdotes--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Wit and humor--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- England--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- volumes, plates (some folded) ; 8⁰
- Annual (collected issues)
- 1774 [sic]. Vol. I. [Aug. 1774-July 1775]
- Ceased in 1776.
- Other Title:
- Whimsical repository
- General receptacle
- The Whimsical repository; or, General receptacle of wit, humour & entertainment
- The Whimsical repository
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : printed for R : Snagg, no 29 Paternoster-Row, & sold by all the booksellers in Great Britain & Ireland, [1774]-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Title page of vol. 1 is engraved; v. 2 is letterpress.
- Monthly issues have caption titles with month and year of issue.
- Imprints lack year of publication; dated from monthly issues.
- Imprints vary; v. 2 reads: "London: printed for T. Bell, (no. 26), Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, and sold by all the booksellers".
- Title page includes contents note.
- With continuous pagination in each volume.
- Frontis. engravings for monthly issues signed: "Terry del. et sculp".
- Includes biographical anecdotes, miscellaneous excerpts from essays, speeches, histories, serialized adventure stories, correspondence, amusing or unusual news notes and selections of poetry. The Oct. 1775 number includes a brief biographical note on Geo. Washington. Includes a series of numbered essays: "The Listner [sic]".
- 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).
- Issues lack numeration; chronological designation only.
- Collects monthly issues of this periodical.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1305
- English Short Title Catalog, P2812.
- Contains:
- Listner. No.1-<6>.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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