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The world : By Adam Fitz-Adam.

Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Edition[Dublin, Ireland ed.].
Publication InfoDublin [Ireland] : printed by George Faulkner, in Essex-street, [1755-1756]
Description4 volumes ; 17 cm (12⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorMoore, Edward, 1712-1757 editor.
Other author/creatorChesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 contributor.
Other author/creatorCambridge, Richard Owen, 1717-1802 contributor.
Other author/creatorWalpole, Horace, 1717-1797 contributor.
Other author/creatorJenyns, Soame, 1704-1787, contributor.
Other author/creatorLovibond, Edward, 1724-1775, contributor.
Other author/creatorOrrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762, contributor.
Other author/creatorCork, Hamilton Boyle, Earl of, 1729-1764 contributor.
Other author/creatorHanbury-Williams, Charles, 1708-1759 contributor.
Other author/creatorFaulkner, George, 1703?-1775 printer.
Uniform titleWorld (London, England : 1753 : Annual : Dublin, Ireland ed.)
FrequencyAnnual (collected issues)
General noteAdam Fitz-Adam = Edward Moore, editor and chief contributor.
General noteAdditional significant contributors include: the Earl of Chesterfield, Richard Owen Cambridge, Horace Walpole (who also wrote the concluding supplement: A World Extraordinary), Soame Jenyns, Edward Lovibond, John Boyle the Earl of Orrery and Cork, his son the Hon. Hamilton Boyle, and Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. Forty-one of the 209 papers have no assigned author.
General noteImprint includes year of publication in roman.
General noteWith printer's ornament on title page.
General noteTitle, issue number and date of weekly issue appear as caption on each issue.
General noteIssue number appears again on running title line.
General noteWith continuous pagination.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Citation/References note Winship, G. "Printing history of the World" in: Bond, R.P. Studies in the Early English Periodical
References NCBEL, II:1281
References English Short Title Catalog, P6695.
Special numberingVolumes lack chronological designation.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteReprint of collected issues: Originally published London: Dodsley & Cooper, 1753-1756.
Genre/formPeriodicals Ireland 18th century.

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