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The British mercury, or Annals of history, politics, manners, literature, arts, etc. of the British Empire. ... by I.W. von Archenholtz.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection D1 .B76 v.5:no.15 (1788:Apr. 7)-v.5:no.18 (1788:Apr. 28)
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- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Microformat
- Series:
- Eighteenth Century ; reel 16220, no. 01.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anecdotes--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Anecdotes.
- Art--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Art.
- Theater--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Theater.
- Politics and government.
- Intellectual life.
- England--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- England.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1815--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Early works.
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- volumes ; 19 cm (8°)
- Quarterly
- Began with: Vol. I. for 1787.
- -Vol. XVII. for 1791.
- Other Title:
- British mercury
- Annals of history, politics, manners, literature, arts, etc.
- Place of Publication:
- Hamburg [Germany] : printed for the editor and sold in commission by B.G. Hoffman, <1787>-[1791]
- Notes:
- Editor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholz.
- Title pages are engraved.
- Title page includes vignette of infant Mercury in flight, signed: Tringham scp:
- Imprints lack dates; years of publication from designations.
- Individual issues in each volume have caption titles, followed by isse number, place and date of publication.
- Number and date repeated on running title line.
- Note at end of v. 17, no. 25 (18 June 1791) reads in part, "that the publication of this paper will be concluded with the next no."
- Continuous pagination and register in each volume.
- Includes news from Britain: politics, legal affairs, court gossip, art and theater reports, new books, anecdotes, poetry, general news and advertisements.
- Description based on: Vol. II. for 1787.
- Microfilm. Woodbridge, Conn. : Primary Source Microfilm, an imprint of Thomson-Gale, 2006. 1 reel ; 35 mm. Unit 464 (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 16220, no. 01).
- Volumes include 13 numbers each; numbering begins again after no. 26.
- Collects weekly issues of: The British mercury.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Zachs-Adam Rare Book Fund.
- RBC copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2017 from E-Collection.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- In each volume: topical index, with state paper and poetry titles, issued with the final number.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1336
- Crane & Kaye, 74
- Times handlist, p. 46
- OCLC:
- 931334864
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