| Other author/creator | Boswell, James, 1745-1795, contributor. |
| Other author/creator | Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811? illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | [Collins, Samuel, -1793], illustrator. |
| Other author/creator | Barlow, Inigo, engraver. |
| Variant title |
Attic miscellany |
| Other title |
Attic miscellany; and characteristic mirror of men and things v.2-3 |
| Portion of title |
Characteristic mirror of men and things |
| Caption title |
Attic miscellany |
| Running title |
Attic miscellany and characteristic mirror |
| Frequency | Annual (Collected issues) |
| General note | "Including the Correspondent's museum." |
| General note | Imprints include years of publication; v. 3 dated in error "1791". |
| General note | Imprints vary; v. 3 reads: printed by and for W. Locke, Red Lion Street, Holborn, 1791 [1792]. |
| General note | Monthly issues have caption title on first page of text. |
| General note | Plates include illustrations of verse, satiric drawings of fashionable characters, portraits of actors; drawn by Isaac Cruikshank and Samuel Collins; engraver: J. Barlow. |
| General note | Some Rambler essays were reprinted in the Attic Miscellany from no. 23-36, "to fill out the work"; the reprints were also issued separately with plates: "Attic edition of the Rambler ... will be available from the booksellers." |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1309 |
| References |
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 10 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 33 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 46 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P3455. |
| Special numbering | Volumes lack chronological designation. |
| Special numbering | No. [1] of the monthly issues lacks designation; some monthly issues have chronological designations without a year date, others have numerical designation only. |
| Special numbering | Publication apparently irregular in later months; no issue published for June 1792, with no gap in numbering. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Indexes |
Index issued in last monthly issue of each volume. |
| Title history note | Discontinued and absorbed by a competitor: The Bon-Ton magazine, to which subscribers were referred. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
| Other title |
Rambler. Selections. |
| Other title | Actor. No. 1-15. |
| Other title | Physio-magnetic mirror. No. 1-16. |
