The Edinburgh eighth-day magazine; or, Scots town and country intelligencer [electronic resource].

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry, English--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Poetry, English.

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

Books.

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

Scotland.

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

Europe.

Genre:

Periodicals -- 18th century -- Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v., plates )

Quarterly (collected issues)

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

Ceased: June 1780. Cf. Craig.

Place of Publication:

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

Notes:

Collects individual issues of the Edinburgh eighth-day magazine.

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.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Individual issues published every eight days.

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.

OCLC:

508356841