The Repository, or General review : consisting chiefly of a select collection of literary compositions, ... with occasional remarks.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Periodicals, English--Early works to 1800.

Periodicals, English.

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

England.

Great Britain--Civilization--18th century--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 v., plate )

Biweekly

[No. I. (1 Mar. 1756)]-numb. V. (Saturday, April the 24th, to Saturday, May the 15th, 1756.).

Other Title:

Repository, or General review

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for C. Corbett, in Fleet-street, and sold by all the booksellers, printers, and news-carriers in Great-Britain and Ireland, MDCCLVI. [1756]

Notes:

Later issues have added caption titles.

Imprint includes year of publication in roman.

Frontis. engraving has: "Darly et Edvvard fec." at foot.

With ornamental headpiece above caption.

A digest or abridgement of other periodicals, including: the Philosophical transactions, the Gentleman's magazine, the London magazine, the Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, the New universal magazine, a General magazine of arts and sciences, the Universal visiter [sic], the Monthly review, the Critical review; and essays from: the World (by Adam Fitz-Adam), the Connoisseur (Mr Town), the Monitor or British freeholder, the Old maid (Mary Singleton), and the Inspector (J. Hill, M.D.).

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Numeration begins with no. 2; issue numbers recorded on direction line of first page of text.

Publication frequency announced as 'monthly' beginning with no. 6; issue not seen.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1301

English Short Title Catalog, P3122.

OCLC:

508356697