Uniform title | Devil (London, England : 1786) |
Variant title |
Devil |
Running title |
Devil |
Frequency | Weekly |
General note | "By a socity of literary gentlemen" appears on title page of each issue, however the editorship attributed to Charles Dibdin (cf. DNB). |
General note | Title word a block print, white on black, for no. 1-13 issues; title page of vol. 2: no. 9 lacks the word 'Devil' and substites a cut of the Devil blowing a horn. |
General note | With half-titles for early issues. |
General note | Title repeated as caption and running title in each issue. |
General note | Issue number at head of title in brackets; note below number reads: Price Twopence [Threepence in later issues]. To be continued weekly. |
General note | Following title: "Calculated to furnish the world with every material intelligence and remark, relative to literature, arts, arms, commerce, ... together with all other of the various topics that excite universal curiosity, .. intended as a disinterested and handsome tribute to the liberty of the English press." |
General note | Imprints lack year of publication; dated from reference sources. |
General note | Imprints vary; from no. 10-12 imprint reads in part: printed by H.Reynell and sold by W.S. Fores; from no. 13- > : printed for, and sold by W.S. Fores, no. 3, Piccadilly; reads: Printed for the proprietors, by J. Stevenson, Martlet-court, Bow-Street, and sold at their office--the Pandemonium, .... |
General note | Signatures and pagination continuous within each volume. |
General note | Reproduction of original from the "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas". |
References |
NCBEL, II:1287 |
References |
DNB (1909 ed.), XV:5 |
References |
Crane & Kaye, 170 |
References |
Times handlist, p. 46 |
References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP201. |
Special numbering | Volume numbering begins with vol. II; vol. [I] includes the first 13 numbers. |
Special numbering | Issue numbers commence again with No. I. in v. II. |
Special numbering | Issues lack chronological designation or date; dated from reference sources. |
Special numbering | Several numbers identified as '2nd' or '3d' edition. |
Special numbering | No more published. |
Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |