The asylum or Weekly miscellany [electronic resource].
The asylum or Weekly miscellany [electronic resource].
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Glasgow [Scotland] : printed by William Bell, Saltmarket, MDCCXCIV [i.e. 1795]-MDCCXCVI [1796]
Alternative title
Asylum.
Date
MDCCXCIV [i.e. 1795]-MDCCXCVI [1796]
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
3 v. ; 8°.
Frequency
Irregular (Collected issues)
Contents
Vol. I. [No. 1. (Wednesday, July 30, 1794.)-no. 26. <21 Jan. 1795?>]-vol. III. [no. 53. (Wednesday Oct. 14, 1795.)-no. 78. (Wednesday April 14, 1796.)].
Publication information
Publisher
Glasgow [Scotland] : printed by William Bell, Saltmarket, MDCCXCIV [i.e. 1795]-MDCCXCVI [1796]
Frequency
Irregular (Collected issues)
Performers
Issue dates, where given, indicate gaps in publishing or misnumbering between Jan. and Apr. 1795.
Most weekly issues undated.
No issues published between 26 Aug. and 14 Oct. 1795; no gap in numbering.
Volumes lack chronological designation or date except for imprints.
Place of Publication
Scotland
Date Published
MDCCXCIV [i.e. 1795]-MDCCXCVI [1796]
Access and use
Access Conditions
Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
Includes historical and biographical anecdotes, selections from published essays and fiction, some correspondence, and poetry.
Alternative Titles
Full title
The asylum or Weekly miscellany [electronic resource].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Imprints include years of publication; v. 1 dated "1794" but includes weekly no. from Jan. 1795.
Individual issues have volume numbers on direction line, from v. 2.
Note below title reads: Containing a pleasing, amusing, and useful variety; partly original, and partly selected from the best periodical publications, and other books of approved merit.
With continuous pagination and signatures for each volume....
Citation / References Note
ESTC P2922.
NCBEL, II:1374.
Ward, W. S. Index of Serials, p. 170.
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
Collects weekly issues of The Asylum, with index in last issue of each volume.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Record Identifier
74Vvroqr8MGA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvroqr8MGA
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991011394259702626
