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... The Devil : containing a review and investigation of all public subjects whatever; ... By a society of literary gentlemen.

Other author/creatorDibdin, Charles, 1745-1814 editor.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication Info[London, England] : Printed by Denew & Grant, no. 91, Wardour-Street, ans sold by W.S. Fores, no. 3, Piccadilly; C. Couch, stationer, Curzon-Street, May-Fair; and by all the booksellers in town and country, [1786-1787]
Descriptionvolumes ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDevil (London, England : 1786)
Variant title Devil
Running title Devil
FrequencyWeekly
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 noteTitle 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 noteWith half-titles for early issues.
General noteTitle repeated as caption and running title in each issue.
General noteIssue number at head of title in brackets; note below number reads: Price Twopence [Threepence in later issues]. To be continued weekly.
General noteFollowing 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 noteImprints lack year of publication; dated from reference sources.
General noteImprints 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 noteSignatures and pagination continuous within each volume.
General noteReproduction 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 numberingVolume numbering begins with vol. II; vol. [I] includes the first 13 numbers.
Special numberingIssue numbers commence again with No. I. in v. II.
Special numberingIssues lack chronological designation or date; dated from reference sources.
Special numberingSeveral numbers identified as '2nd' or '3d' edition.
Special numberingNo more published.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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