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Microcosm (London, England : 1757)
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Available from 1757 until 1757. Available online
View online- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
- Standardized Title:
- Microcosm (London, England : 1757)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- 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.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v. )
- Weekly
- Number I. (Thursday, March the 17th, 1757.)-Number II. (Thursday, March the 24th, 1757.)
- Other Title:
- Microcosm
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- 'Francis Fashion' is a pseudonym.
- "To be continued every Thursday".
- Below imprint within square brackets: Price two-pence.
- Title repeated as caption on p. [3]; designation taken from beneath caption.
- 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.
- With continuous pagination.
- Intended to replace 'The World' and 'The Connoisseur' as periodical entertainment, 'to lighten the reading occasion'.
- Only two surviving issues known; no more published?
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1282
- Crane & Kaye, 1670
- Times handlist, p. 43
- OCLC:
- 643155463
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