The universal museum; or, The entertaining repository, for gentlemen and ladies. Containing ...

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anecdotes--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Anecdotes.

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

Poetry, English.

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

Essays, English.

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

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--George III, 1760-1820--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v. )

Annual

[No. I-XXV (May? 1764-Apr. 1765.)]-

Ceased in Nov.? 1765?

Other Title:

Universal museum; or, The entertaining repository,

Place of Publication:

Coventry [England] : printed by and for T.Luckman, near the Cross; and sold by J.Sketchley, printer and bookseller, in Birmingham; J. Poole, Hinckley; J. Ireland, Leicester; J. Heath, Nottingham; J. Roe, Derby; J. Sharpe, Warwick; and all other booksellers, both in town an country, M,DCC,LXV. [1765-

Notes:

Title page includes list of contents.

Title page includes contents note.

Individual issues have caption and running titles, which differ.

Imprint includes year of publication in roman.

Printed in two columns; text begins with headpiece and factotum initial; signatures somewhat irregular.

Includes varied essays, anecdotes, and reprinted selections from London magazines, with poetry selections and a current events section: 'Historical detail of public occurrences,' with prices, bankrupts and advertisements.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Volume lacks designation; title p. for vol. 2 lacking in copy cataloged.

Volume year apparently ran from May? 1764 to Apr. 1765.

Individual issues lack dates or chronological designation; title pages of individual numbers, lacking in collected volume, apparently included designations (see P3272); some issues dated from text.

Some issues unnumbered, most have numbers on direction line.

Page 344 in vol. 1 misnumbered '4'.

Current events pages in vol. 1 unnumbered.

Collects biweekly issues of The Coventry museum; or The universal entertainer.

Finding Aid/Index:

Vol. 1 has table of contents at end in place of index.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, P6432.

Contains:

Monitor. Selections.

Universal spectator. Selections.

Lady's magazine. Selections.

North Briton (1764-1765 continuation). Selections.

OCLC:

642235057