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The English lyceum.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- English lyceum (Hamburg, Germany : Monthly).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- English fiction.
- Biography--Periodicals.
- Biography.
- Travel writing.
- Travel writing--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- English poetry--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- English poetry.
- Biography--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- English essays--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- English essays.
- Correspondence--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Periodicals.
- Periodicals -- Germany -- Hamburg -- 18th century.
- Physical Description:
- 9 volumes ; 8⁰
- Monthly
- Vol. I. No. 1. July 1787.-vol. III. no. 9 [June] 1788.
- Place of Publication:
- [Hamburgh : Printed by J.M. Michaelsen, [1787-1788]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Editor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholtz.
- Title from caption.
- Imprint from colophon of no. 3; place of publication from quarterly volume title page.
- Years of publication from dates of issues.
- Date of last number from note at end of no. 9: "present work is concluded with this volume"--apparently due to poor sales; date given: June 26, 1788; signed: v. Archenholtz.
- Volume numbers added to direction line of each issue.
- Miscellaneous essays and excerpts from previously published works: histories, fiction, plays, biographies; includes articles on natural science, anecdotes, puzzles, poetry, correspondence of well known literary and public figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson). Issues include unpublished letters of "the late Mr. Sterne," no. 7-32; footnote in no. 1 reports that no. 1-6 were previously published in the British Mercury and cannot be reprinted. Each issue includes unnumbered essay: The Moralist.
- 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).
- Last two issues lack chronological designation.
- Last two numbers published irregularly.
- Vol. number added to direction line of each monthly issue.
- Collected by quarterly issues of: The English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse.
- Published in Hamburg, Germany.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1308
- Crane & Kaye, 1267
- English Short Title Catalog, P3030.
- Contains:
- Moralist.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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