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The Champion; or, British mercury. : By Capt. Hercules Vinegar, of Pall-Mall.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Newspaper
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectual life.
- England--Intellectual life--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.
- England.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1727-1760--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Newspapers -- 18th century -- England.
- Newspapers.
- Physical Description:
- 94 volumes ; 40 cm (1/2⁰)
- Three times a week
- Began with: No.1 (15 Nov.1739). Cf. NCBEL.
- -No. 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 1740).
- Other Title:
- Champion
- Portion of title: British mercury
- Continued By:
- Champion; or, The evening advertiser
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row; where advertisements and letters to the author are taken in, [1739-1740]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- 'Hercules Vinegar' = Henry Fielding, the editor and originator.
- With cut of Hercules slaying the Hydra in center of title.
- Imprint from undated colophon.
- First year of publication from reference sources; final year of publication from date of issue.
- Imprints vary; from no. 21, "printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleetstreet".
- Issue number from head of title.
- Below date line in brackets: To be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning.
- Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial.
- Includes editorial essays, news notes from England and Europe, advertisements. Articles signed 'C' or 'L' are reputed to be written by Fielding.
- Description based on: Numb. 20 (Saturday, December 29, 1739.); title from caption.
- 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).
- Reprinted in 2 vols., with its subseqent title, by Huggonson (London, 1741), Chapelle (London, 1743), and Waller (London, 1766).
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1330
- Crane & Kaye, 101
- English Short Title Catalog, P3008.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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