Uniform title | English lyceum, or, Choice of pieces in prose and verse (Hamburg, Germany : Quarterly) |
Frequency | Quarterly (collected issues) |
General note | Editor: Johann Wilhelm von Archenholtz. |
General note | Imprints include years of publication. |
General note | Colophon in vols. 1-2 reads: Printed by J.M. Michaelsen. |
General note | Date of last number from note at end of vol. 3: "present work is concluded with this volume", apparently due to poor sales; note dated: June 26, 1788; signed: v. Archenholtz. |
General note | Detailed contents intended to be included at end of each volume; vol. 1 contents omitted in error, included in vol. 2. |
General note | Miscellaneous essays and excerpts from previously published works: histories, fiction, plays, biographies; includes articles on natural science, anecdotes, puzzles, poetry, correspondence of well known literary and public figures (e.g. Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson). Issues include unpublished letters of "the late Mr. Sterne," no. 7-32; footnote in no. 1 reports that no. 1-6 were previously published in the British Mercury and cannot be reprinted. Each issue includes unnumbered essay: The Moralist. |
General note | Reproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
References |
NCBEL, II:1308 |
References |
Crane & Kaye, 1267 |
References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP3026. |
Special numbering | Title pages lack chronological designation. |
Special numbering | No. 8-9 lack dates. |
Special numbering | Last two numbers published irregularly. |
Special numbering | Vol. number added to direction line of each monthly issue. |
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 | Collects monthly issues of: The English lyceum. |
Title history note | Another edition was published in London during the same years. |
Genre/form | Periodicals Germany Hamburg 18th century. |
Other title | Moralist. |