| Frequency | Monthly |
| General note | Editors: Andrew Reid and Michel de la Roche (cf. NCBEL). |
| General note | Each issue has separate title page and table of contents. |
| General note | At foot of each title page: "Price one shilling." |
| General note | Later issues have subtitle: "Giving a general view of the state of learning throughout Europe; and containing not only an early account, but accurate abstracts of the most valuable books published in Great Britain or foreign parts. Interspersed with dissertations on several curious and entertaining subjects; miscellaneous reflections on authors; and historical memoirs of the lives of the most eminent writers in all branches of polite literature." |
| General note | Imprint varies: later issues list R[ichard]. Manby as publisher. |
| General note | Booksellers' advertisement on verso of each title page. |
| General note | Title repeated as caption title in each issue. |
| General note | Register and pagination are continuous from issue to issue. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1294 |
| References |
Times handlist, p.39 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P2395. |
| Special numbering | Issues for Jan. 1728-Dec. 1736 called also: Vol. 1-18. |
| Special numbering | Vol. XVIII misnumbered XVII. |
| Special numbering | No more published. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | Merged with: Literary magazine (London, England : 1735), to form: The History of the works of the learned. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
