The British magazine and general review, of the literature employment and amusements of the times,.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prices--England--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Prices.

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

Books.

Literature, English--18th century--History and criticism--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Literature, English.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

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

Great Britain--Politics and government--1760-1820--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3 v., plates (some fold.) ) ill., ports., maps, tables ;

Semiannual (Collected issues)'

Vol. I [January, 1772.-June, 1772.]-vol. II. [July, 1772.-December, 1772.]

Other Title:

British magazine and general review,

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : printed for T. Evans in Pater Noster Row, 1772.

Notes:

Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The British magazine and general review.

With engraved title pages.

Imprints include year of publication.

Title repeated as caption and running title in each issue.

Issue dates repeated on direction line of each signature.

Printed in two columns.

Articles on history, literature, the arts, with misc. essays on medicine, biography, anecdotes, poetry. Issues include monthly summary of current events, brief book reviews, parliamentary news, tables of stock and commodity prices. With three essays: The Moralist.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Monthly issues unnumbered; chronological designation only.

Finding Aid/Index:

Subjects and books reviewed in v.1; subjects only in v.2.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1305

Crane & Kaye, 68

English Short Title Catalog, P3413.

Contains:

Moralist. No. 1-3

OCLC:

642234738