The Edinburgh eighth-day magazine; or, Scots town and country intelligencer.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English poetry.

History.

Intellectual life.

Books.

Europe.

Scotland.

Books--Reviews--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Scotland--Intellectual life--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Europe--History--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals.

Periodicals -- 18th century -- Scotland.

Reviews.

Physical Description:

volumes, plates ; 21 cm (8⁰)

Quarterly (collected issues)

Volume I.[Wednesday, September 1. 1779.-Tuesday, November 30. 1779.]-

Ceased: June 1780. Cf. Craig.

Other Title:

Edinburgh eighth day magazine

Scots town and country intelligencer

Edinburgh eighth-day magazine

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh [Scotland] : printed by J. Mennons and Co. Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, M,DCC,LXXIX.-M,DCC,LXXX. [1779-1780]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Title repeated as caption on first page of individual issues.

Imprints include year of publication in roman.

Title pages include brief contents note.

With index leaf described as 'contents' in each volume.

With continuous pagination in each volume, and a plate depicting wild or mythical animals in most issues.

Contents include selections from a range of other periodical publications, incuding the Town and Country magazine and the London gazette. Each issue includes correspondence, historical essays, poetry, natural history, anecdotes, reviews of new books and a current events section, 'History', arranged by countries; the Scottish section includes marriages and deaths.

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 British Library.

Individual issues published every eight days.

Collects individual issues of the Edinburgh eighth-day magazine.

Finding Aid/Index:

Essay and history subjects, poetry, in each volume.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1372

Crane & Kaye, 1245

Craig, M. Scottish Periodical Press, p. 98

English Short Title Catalog, P5972.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.