The microcosm : A new paper, by Francis Fashion, Esquire.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Series:

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers

Standardized Title:

Microcosm (London, England : 1757)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Intellectual life.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

2 volumes.

Weekly

Number I. (Thursday, March the 17th, 1757.)-Number II. (Thursday, March the 24th, 1757.)

Other Title:

Burney Collection

Place of Publication:

London : printed for M. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-noster-row; where letters directed for the author will be received, 1757.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"To be continued every Thursday".

Below imprint within square brackets: Price two-pence.

'Francis Fashion' is a pseudonym.

Intended to replace 'The World' and 'The Connoisseur' as periodical entertainment, 'to lighten the reading occasion'.

No. 2 bears caption only, includes the statement of responsibility "By Francis Fashion, Esquire", a note on frequency and with a colophon imprint with price within square brackets below.

Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).

Title repeated as caption on p. [3]; designation taken from beneath caption.

With continuous pagination.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. 2009 miunns

Only two surviving issues known; no more published?

Local Notes:

Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Cited in:

Crane & Kaye, 1670

NCBEL, II:1282

Times handlist, p. 43

OCLC:

643155463

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.