The birch : Humbly dedicated to the magistrates of the city of Oxford.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Oxford [England] : printed for the author; and may be had of the booksellers, 1795-1796. |
| Description | 5 volumes ; 24-26 cm (4⁰) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Frequency | Irregular, No. 5 (June 1796) |
| General note | Signed at end of each issue: "Academicus". |
| General note | Title repeated as caption on first page of text. |
| General note | Imprints include year of publication. |
| General note | Issue number from head of title; reapeated as "Number ..." on first page of text in each issue. |
| General note | Issue dates from first page of text. |
| General note | Extended title varies; on no. 5: Addressed to the citizens of Oxford. |
| General note | Author of no. 1-4 publicly denied authorship of no. 5, but a MS. purporting to be the original of no. 5 is bound with the possibly spurious issue (cf. British Library). |
| General note | Essays on various problems with civic authority, and with no. 5 discusses electoral responsibility; title seems to refer to an instrument of punishment. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | NCBEL, II:1364 |
| References | Crane & Kaye, 1894 |
| References | Times handlist, p. 221 |
| References | Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 16 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, P6306. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |