Uniform title | Mercure britannique. English. (London, England) |
Caption title |
British mercury |
Variant title |
Portion of title: Historical and critical views of the events of the present times |
Frequency | Semimonthly (Collected irregularly) |
General note | Principal author and editor: M. Jacques Mallet du Pan. |
General note | In English; a translation of: Mercure Britannique. |
General note | Title from title page of vol. 2, which also serves as title page for no. IX. |
General note | Title repeated as caption on first page of text of each issue. |
General note | V. 4-5 have the words: "Second year" on the title page of each volume. |
General note | Imprint varies slightly; v. 4-5 read in part: "Printed by A. Strahan, for T. Cadell jun. [and others]". |
General note | Issues have designation on first page of text, with volume designation on direction line of each quire. |
General note | Errata included on last page of each issue. |
General note | Pagination and signatures continuous in each volume. |
General note | English edition of M. du Pan's work on Swiss independence and European political affairs during the period of Napoleonic expansion. Nos. 1-3 include a historical essay upon the destruction of teh Helvetic League and liberty; subsequent numbers analyze, country by country, current political events in Europe. Great Britain is discussed last in each issue, with praise. Vol. 5 concludes with an appeal for funds to aid the cause of Swiss independence and an account of Mallet du Pan's death and funeral. |
General note | Description based on: Volume II. No IX. [No IX. December 29, 1798-No XVI. April 15, 1799.]; title from title page. |
General note | Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. |
References |
NCBEL, II:1312, 1338 |
References |
Crane & Kaye, 75 |
References |
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 22 |
References |
Times handlist, p. 48 |
References |
English Short Title Catalog, P2523. |
Special numbering | Translated issues appeared 5 days after the original. |
Special numbering | Collected irregularly in 5 vols. |
Special numbering | Years of issue from dates of individual numbers. |
Special numbering | No.1-3 (Aug.-Sept. 1798) issued as one number in 9 chapters; issues appear semimonthly thereafter. |
Special numbering | Issues for 30 Aug., 15 Sept. 1799, and 2 Mar. 1800, not published. |
Special numbering | No more published. |
Supplement note | Some numbers include appendices. |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
Title history note | Translated from the original French. |
Title history note | Issued also in Italian and German and in other English and French eds., in western Europe, Britain and Ireland. |
Title history note | A second edition of vols. 1 and 2 appeared from the same publishers in 1799. |
Genre/form | Periodicals 18th century England. |
Other title |
Mercurio Britannico. |