Mercure Britannique; ou notices historiques et critiques : sur les affaires du tems. par J. Mallet du Pan.
| Other author | Mallet du Pan, M. (Jaques), 1749-1800, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | [French ed.]. |
| Publication Info | Londres [London, England] : De l'imprimerie de W. et C. Spilsbury, Snow-Hill se trouve chez l'auteur, no. 19, Woodstock-street, Oxford-street; J. De Boffe, Gerard-street, Soho; Elmsley & Bremner, dans le Strand; T. Boosey, près de la bourse Royale; Wright, Piccadilly; Dulau, Wardour-street; L'Homme, New Bond-street; & les autres principaux libraires. Et pour le continent se trouve chez Fauche & Co. à Hambourg; &c chez les libraires de Vienne, Berlin, Francfort & Leipsic, MDCCXCVIII.-M.DCC. [1798-1800] |
| Description | 5 volumes ; 20 cm (8⁰) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Mercure Britannique. French. (London, England) |
| Variant title | Mercure Britannique |
| Portion of title | Notices historiques et critiques ... |
| Caption title | Mercure Britannique |
| Frequency | Three times a year (collected issues) |
| General note | Principal author and editor: M. Jacques Mallet du Pan. |
| General note | Text in French. |
| General note | Note below title of v. 1: "Nos.I. II. & III. contenant un essai historique sur la destruction de la ligue et de la liberté Helvétique." The first issue has a separate title page with this title. |
| General note | Imprints include dates. |
| General note | Some volumes read: "a Londres" within an ornamental rule, and the ornamental rule between imprint and date is shorter than the imprint date. |
| General note | Variant imprint on some volumes gives "a Londres" in large swash capitals; the plain rule between imprint and date is longer than in the other printing. |
| General note | Below imprint date: "Prix six chelins." |
| General note | Title to vols. 4-5 enlarged by the insertion of the words: "Seconde année" between the words "tems." and "Par". |
| General note | With continuous pagination in each volume. |
| General note | M. du Pan's work on Swiss independence and European political affairs during the period of Napoleonic expansion. Nos. 1-3 include a political history of Switzerland; subsequent numbers analyze, country by country, current political events in Europe. Great Britain is discussed last in each issue, with praise. Vol. 5 concludes with an appeal for funds to aid the cause of Swiss independence and an account of Mallet du Pan's death and funeral. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | NCBEL, II:1338 |
| References | Crane & Kaye, 452 |
| References | Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 102 |
| References | Times handlist, p. 48 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6376. |
| Special numbering | Volume 5 includes four numbers instead of the usual eight. |
| Special numbering | No.1-3 (Aug.-Sept. 1798) issued as one number in 9 chapters; issues appear semimonthly thereafter. |
| Special numbering | No more published. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Title history note | Issued also in Italian and German, and in other English and French eds., in western Europe, Britain and Ireland. |
| Title history note | Collects first and subsequent semimonthly issues of Mercure Britannique. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals 18th century England. |
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