| Uniform title | General magazine of arts and sciences (London, England : Monthly) |
| Other title |
General magazine: on an improved plan |
| Caption title |
General magazine, for |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| General note | Edited by: Benjamin Martin. |
| General note | Title and imprint from wrapper. |
| General note | At head of title: By permission. Addressed to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. |
| General note | With royal coat of arms at head of wrapper. |
| General note | Variant title from index of July 1764. |
| General note | Caption title and date of issue added to first page of text. |
| General note | Imprint lacks dates; years of publication from dates of issues. |
| General note | Printer's name repeated as colophon following index. |
| General note | Price follows imprint on wrapper. |
| General note | Divided into topical sections, each one signed and paginated separately, in a sequence which continues from month to month for each section. |
| General note | Includes sections on mathematics, philosophy, natural history, biography; the "Miscellaneous correspondence" includes monthly summaries of current events, lists of books published, poetry and music, tables of economic information, births, marriages, and deaths, and shipping news. |
| General note | Description based on: No. XLV. for June, 1758. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1300; 1304 |
| References |
Times handlist, p.42 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 266 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P2607. |
| Special numbering | Early issues have continuous numbering from year to year. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Indexes |
Indexed semiannually for preceding six months. |
| Title history note | Cumulated annually with the topical sections rearranged to form a continuous series of essays on each subject. |
| Title history note | The "Miscellaneous Correspondence" is also issued as a separate serial. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
