| Other author/creator | Moore, Edward, 1712-1757, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Cambridge, Richard Owen, 1717-1802, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Jenyns, Soame, 1704-1787, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Lovibond, Edward, 1724-1775, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Cork, Hamilton Boyle, Earl of, 1729-1764 contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Hanbury-Williams, Charles, 1708-1759 contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 World extraordinary. |
| Uniform title | World (London, England : 1753 : Annual) |
| Frequency | Annual (collected issues) |
| General note | Adam Fitz-Adam = Edward Moore, editor and chief contributor. |
| General note | Additional significant contributors include: the Earl of Chesterfield, Richard Owen Cambridge, Horace Walpole (who also wrote the concluding supplement, A World Extraordinary), Soame Jenyns, Edward Lovibond, John Boyle the Earl of Orrery and Cork, his son the Hon. Hamilton Boyle, and Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. Forty-one of the 209 papers have no assigned author. |
| General note | Includes title page vignette of a globe. |
| General note | Some issues have cuts of a writer looking over his shoulder at the globe at the head of the caption title. No. 1-6 have printers' ornaments at head, indicating first printing (Cf. Winship). |
| General note | Title and issue number repeated as running title in each issue. |
| General note | Below caption titles of weekly issues: To be continued every Thursday. |
| General note | Individual numbers have colophons with the names R. Dodsley and M. Cooper; from no. 104-209, J. Dodsley's name is added to the imprint. |
| General note | Price follows imprint on individual issues: 2d. |
| General note | With continuous pagination; texts begin with factotum initial. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| Citation/References note |
Winship, G. "Printing history of the World" in: Bond, R.P. Studies in the Early English Periodical |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1281 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 42 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP1889. |
| Special numbering | Volumes unnumbered; chronological designation only. |
| Supplement note | With final supplement: A World Extraordinary; signed, 'Vandyke' [i.e. Horace Walpole], a eulogy for the 'late' Adam Fitz-Adam. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Indexes |
Cumulative subject index at end of 1756 volume. |
| Title history note | Collected issues. Originally published weekly, with annual title pages offered to subscribers. |
| Title history note | Reprinted at least 20 times during the 18th century, in London, Edinburgh and Dublin. |
| Title history note | Supplement: A World Extraordinary; signed, 'Vandyke' [i.e. Horace Walpole], a eulogy for the 'late' Adam Fitz-Adam. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
| Contains title |
World extraordinary. |
