The Champion; or, British mercury. [electronic resource] : By Capt. Hercules Vinegar, of Pall-Mall.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Newspaper

Contributor:

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, ed.

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

England--Intellectual life--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

England.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1727-1760--Newspapers--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Newspapers -- 18th century -- England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 v. )

Three times a week

Began with: No.1 (15 Nov.1739). Cf. NCBEL.

-No. 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 1740).

Other Title:

Champion; or, British mercury

Continued By:

Champion; or, The evening advertiser

Place of Publication:

London [England] : printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row; where advertisements and letters to the author are taken in, [1739]

Notes:

Reprinted in 2 vols., with its subseqent title, by Huggonson (London, 1741), Chapelle (London, 1743), and Waller (London, 1766).

'Hercules Vinegar' = Henry Fielding, the editor and originator.

With cut of Hercules slaying the Hydra in center of title.

Imprint from undated colophon.

First year of publication from reference sources; final year of publication from date of issue.

Imprints vary; from no. 21, "printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleetstreet".

Issue number from head of title.

Below date line in brackets: To be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning.

Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial.

Includes editorial essays, news notes from England and Europe, advertisements. Articles signed 'C' or 'L' are reputed to be written by Fielding.

Description based on: Numb. 20 (Saturday, December 29, 1739.); title from caption.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1330

Crane & Kaye, 101

English Short Title Catalog, P3008.

Related Work:

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754. Champion.

OCLC:

508356635