The St. James's magazine: or Memoirs of our own times.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Wheble, John, 1746-1820, bookseller.

Bigg, George, printer.

[Cox, E.], printer.

Bew, John, -1793, bookseller.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morals--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Morals.

Theater--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Theater.

Travel writing--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Travel writing.

Biography--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Biography.

History.

Intellectual life.

Biography--Periodicals.

England--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

England.

Great Britain--History--George I, 1760-1820--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

volumes, plates ; 23 cm (8⁰)

Monthly

[No. I.] February, 1774.-

Ceased in July 1776. Cf. NCBEL.

Other Title:

St. James's magazine

Memoirs of our own times

The St. James's magazine; for ...

Place of Publication:

[London [England] : [printed for the proprietors, by G. Bigg and E. Cox, and sold by John Wheble, in Ave Maria Lane,Holborn], MDCCLXXIV. [1774]-

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Title from wrapper of no. II (March, 1774); monthly issues also published with title pages and caption titles.

Title for collected volumes of each year (Identical to the wrapper title) appear in the first issue of that year, in lieu of the issue title page.

Caption titles include issue date; caption and title repeated as ruuning title.

Imprint from title page for vol. I; imprints for monthly title pages vary.

From May-Dec. 1774 issue imprint reads: London: Printed by G. Bigg and E. Cox; and sold by J. Bew, no. 28, Pater-noster-row, and by all the booksellers in town and country.

Wrapper title and monthly title page imprints lack dates; wrappers include addresses of printer and bookseller; years of publication from volume title page.

Monthly title pages include table of contents and list of plates.

Wrappers include issue number and date, description of plates, acknowledgement of correspondents, and table of contents; back wrapper includes advertisements.

Frontis. plate for vol. I. includes publisher statements: Published as the act directs, by I. Wheble, March 1. 1774.

Crown with "III" below and "G R" on either side appears on wrappers, above caption, and on volume title page; wrapper also includes figures of royal guards on either side of title.

Includes essays and anecdotes on such topics as the theater, morals, aesthetics, travel, biography, literature; with correspondence, poetry, and current events including births, marriages, deaths, promotions, and a list of current members of Parliament. Some issues include numbered essays: The man of fancy; The picture; The English Marmontel.

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).

Volumes intended to collect a year of monthly issues; volume for 1776 incomplete; no more known to have been published.

1774 volume includes supplement with a history of the British stage.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1305

NCBEL, II:1285

Crane & Kaye, 804

English Short Title Catalog, P6359.

Contains:

Man of fancy. No. 1-6.

Picture. No. 1-8.

English Marmontel. No. 1-3.

Access Restriction:

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