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Miscellaneous correspondence : containing ... By Benjamin Martin.

Other author/creatorMartin, Benjamin, 1705-1782, editor.
Other author/creatorOwen, W. (William), -1793 printer.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed and sold by W.Owen, Temple-Bar, and by the author, at his house in Fleet-Street, [1759-1764]
Description4 volumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps, tables, printed music ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Caption title Miscellaneous correspondence, in prose and verse
Caption title Miscellaneous correspondence Feb.-July 1755
FrequencyBiennial (collected issues)
General noteEditor and compiler: Benjamin Martin.
General noteTitle page note: "a variety of subjects, relative to natural and civil history, geography, mathematics, poetry, memoirs of monthly occurrences, catalogues of new books, etc."
General noteVol. 1 also issued as part of: 'The general magazine of arts and sciences' , London, 1755.
General noteVarying forms of title used as captions in monthly issues.
General noteImprints include year of publication in roman.
General noteMost frontis. plates are maps.
General notePrinted in two columns, with continuous pagination.
General noteThis is a re-compilation of the "Miscellaneous Correspondence" sections of The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences. Issues include astronomical and mathematical problems and tables, with essays on geography, history, exotic places, monthly notes on current events in Europe, Britain and her colonies, poetry selections, and lists of preferments, marriages and deaths.
General noteReproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References Sabin, 44857
References English Short Title Catalog, P3333.
Special numberingVol. 4 includes issues for three years rather than two.
Special numberingVol. 4 lacks chronological designation; dated from imprint.
Special numberingMonthly issues lack numerical designation.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Vol. 1 includes topical index for 1755.
Indexes Cumulated index of subjects and poetry titles for entire publication in last collected volume.
Title history noteCollects monthly numbers of: Miscellaneous correspondence, and, Miscellaneous correspondence in prose and verse.
Title history noteVol. 1 reprinted in 1759; vol. 3 in 1764.
Title history noteA reprinted collection, serially issued, of the Miscellaneous Correspondence section of the General Magazine of Arts and Sciences.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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