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The Westminster magazine : for.

Other author/creatorHope, John, 1739-1785. Leveller. 1-14.
Other author/creatorHolcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809 Actor. 1-5.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for and by T. Wright, Essex-street, Strand: and sold by J. Bew, No. 28, Paternoster-Row; and all other booksellers in Great-Britain and Ireland, 1776-1783.
Descriptionvolumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, music ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titleWestminster magazine (London, England : 1776)
FrequencyMonthly
General noteContributors included John Hope and Thomas Holcroft.
General noteTitle pages include description of engraved plates and illustrations and table of contents.
General noteTitle and date repeated as caption on first page of text, with ornamental headpiece above title.
General noteImprints lack dates; years of publication from dates of issues.
General noteImprints vary; from 1778, imprint reads: Printed for Fielding and Walker, no. 20, Paternoster-Row; from 1781: Printed for John Walker, no. 20, Paternoster-Row.
General notePrinted in two columns, with continuous pagination within each calendar year.
General noteMonthly numbers include many essays printed in series from issue to issue, and a section entitled: Monthly Chronicle, which summarizes the news and lists marriages, deaths and preferments. Essays include: "The Leveller", by John Hope, "The Actor," by Thomas Holcroft, "The Speculatist," "The Lucubrator," "Momus: or, the Laughing philosopher," and "Dialogues of the living." Topics include art and literature, the theater, morals and taste, anecdotes of famous people. Issues also include original poetry. The magazine reported the trial of the Duchess of Kingston, and published reports from travelers.
General noteReproduction of original from Library of Congress.
References NCBEL, II:1305
References Times handlist, p. 44
References English Short Title Catalog, P2416.
Special numberingMonthly issues have chronological designation only.
Other formsAnnually cumulated volumes are available on microfilm in the English Literary Periodicals series (UMI, reels 926-928).
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Cumulated volumes are indexed.
Title history noteCumulated annually, with added prefatory material and occasional supplements, by: The Westminster Magazine, or the Pantheon of taste.
Preceding title Westminster magazine. or The Pantheon of taste (London, England : 1772 : Monthly)
Genre/formPeriodicals.
Other titleMomus: or, the laughing philosopher. 1-[112].
Other titleSpeculatist. 1-17.
Other titleLucubrator. 1-9.
Other titleDialogues of the living. 1-27.

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