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The attic miscellany; or, characteristic mirror of men and things [electronic resource].

The attic miscellany; or, characteristic mirror of men and things [electronic resource].

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2kp4Wpll

The attic miscellany; or, characteristic mirror of men and things [electronic resource].

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Full title

The attic miscellany; or, characteristic mirror of men and things [electronic resource].

Publisher

London [England] : printed for Bentley and Co. no 24, Finch Lane, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]-1791 [i.e. 1792]

Uniform title

Rambler. Selections.

Alternative title

Attic miscellany.

Date

MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]-1791 [i.e. 1792]

Record Identifier

74VK2kp4Wpll

MMS ID

991018113159702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

3 v., plates (some fold.) : .ports. ; 22 cm (8°)

Frequency

Annual (Collected issues)

Contents

Volume the first. [Number I.-number XII. (Oct. 1789-Sept? 1790)]-volume the third. [number XXV.-number XXXVI. (Oct.? 1791-Aug. 1792)]

Publication information

Publisher

London [England] : printed for Bentley and Co. no 24, Finch Lane, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]-1791 [i.e. 1792]

Frequency

Annual (Collected issues)

Analytical title

Actor. No. 1-15.

Physio-magnetic mirror. No. 1-16.

Performers

No. [1] of the monthly issues lacks designation; some monthly issues have chronological designations without a year date, others have numerical designation only.

Publication apparently irregular in later months; no issue published for June 1792, with no gap in numbering.

Volumes lack chronological designation.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]-1791 [i.e. 1792]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

More information

Alternative Titles

Full title

The attic miscellany; or, characteristic mirror of men and things [electronic resource].

Variant title

Rambler. Selections.

Actor. No. 1-15.

Physio-magnetic mirror. No. 1-16.

Caption title

The attic miscellany.

Portion of title

Characteristic mirror of men and things.

Running title

The attic miscellany and characteristic mirror.

Other title

The attic miscellany; and characteristic mirror of men and things v.2-3.

Notes

General note

"Including the Correspondent's museum."

Imprints include years of publication; v. 3 dated in error "1791".

Imprints vary; v. 3 reads: printed by and for W. Locke, Red Lion Street, Holborn, 1791 [1792].

Monthly issues have caption title on first page of text.

Some Rambler essays were reprinted in the Attic Miscellany from no. 23-36, "to fill out the work"; the reprints were also issued separately with plates: "Attic edition of the Rambler ... will be available from the booksellers."...

Citation / References Note

Crane & Kaye, 33.

ESTC P3455.

NCBEL, II:1309.

Times handlist, p. 46.

Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 10.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Related to

Discontinued and absorbed by a competitor: The Bon-Ton magazine, to which subscribers were referred.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Record Identifier

74VK2kp4Wpll

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2kp4Wpll

Other Identifiers

MMS ID

991018113159702626