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The court and city magazine; or, a Fund of entertainment : for the man of quality, the citizen, the scholar, the country gentleman, and the man of gallantry; as well as for the fair of every denomination.

Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for Joseph Smith, at No. 15, Pater-noster Row, where letters to the proprietor will be received;ad sold by the booksellers of Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, York, Bath, Bristol, and all other booksellers and news-carriers in Great Britain and Ireland, MDCCLXX.-MDCCLXXI. [1770-1771]
Description2 volumes, plates (some folded) ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Advice columns--Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Fiction, English--18th century --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Romances--Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
English literature--18th century --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
English poetry--Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Political science--England --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Politics, Practical--England --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Great Britain--History --George III, 1760-1820 --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.
Uniform titleCourt and city magazine (London, England : Collected issues : 1770)
Variant title Court and city magazine
Variant title Portion of title: Fund of entertainment
Caption title Court and city magazine; for
FrequencyAnnual (Collected issues)
General noteMain title repeated as caption in each monthly issue.
General noteIndividual monthly issues lack title pages or wrappers.
General notePrinted in two columns.
General noteApparently unrelated to the Court and city magazine of the mid-1760s.
General noteIncludes romantic stories, excerpts from novels, imaginary correspondence on romance and advice to the lovelorn; early issues include some political essays; issues also contain: foreign news, current events, lists of deaths, births, marriages, preferments, and bankrupts. Als included are essays entitled: Letters from the dead.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1304
References English Short Title Catalog, P3018.
Special numberingCollected issues lack chronological designation.
Special numberingMonthly issues unnumbered, with chronological designation only.
Special numberingNo more published? Cf. NCBEL.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Poetry and essay subjects.
Title history noteCollects individual monthly issues of: The Court and city magazine.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.
Other titleLetters from the dead.

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