The library: or, Moral and critical magazine, for the year ... By a society of gentlemen.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795, ed.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Books.

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

Literature, English.

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

Great Britain.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 v. ) tables ;

Irregular (collected issues)

Vol. I. for the year MDXCCLXI. [April, 1761.-December, 1761.]-vol. II. for the year MDCCLXII. [January, 1762.-May, 1762.]

Other Title:

Library

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for R. Griffiths in the Strand, and C. Henderson under the Royal-Exchange, [1761-MDCCLXII. [1762]

Notes:

Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The Library.

The 'society of gentlemen' includes Andrew Kippis and others.

With caption title and date at beginning of each monthly issue.

Table of contents arranged in broad subject categories.

Imprint to v. 1 lacks date; year of publication from dates of issues.

Note at end of May, 1762 issue indicates that the publication was not a financial success and, "a period is put to the publication of the Library".

Includes reviews of specific titles, general review articles, poetry selections, a monthly register of curent events including births, marriages, deaths, promotions; later issues include monthly table of stock prices. Issues include 14 essays entitled 'Life' and 3 essays entitled 'The philosopher'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Possibly intended as an annual, volumes include irregular numbers of monthly issues.

Monthly issues unnumbered; chronological designation only.

No more published.

Finding Aid/Index:

Subjects in each vol.; vol. I includes categorical list of new books published each quarter.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1303

Crane & Kaye, 369

Times handlist, p. 43

English Short Title Catalog, P6031.

Contains:

Life. No. 1-14.

Philosopher. No. 1-3.

OCLC:

642234844