| Variant title |
Occasional papers |
| Variant title |
These are also known as the: Bagwell papers |
| Other title |
Occasional paper |
| Frequency | Annual |
| General note | Essays written by a group of seven men: Simon Browne, Benj. Avery, Benj. Grosvenor, Sam. Wright, John Evans, Jabez Earle, Nath. Lardner, and Moses Lowman, whose initials made up the popular nickname of the publication. |
| General note | Each issue has individual title page; issues in v. 1 also have half-titles. |
| General note | Distinctive titles for each issue repeated as running titles. |
| General note | Imprints include year of publication: arabic in v. 1, roman in v. 2-3. |
| General note | Imprints vary; added names include: Em. Matthews, J. Roberts. |
| General note | Monthly issues vary in content; each one is an essay on a single topic, given a distinctive title on both title page and first page of text. Subjects include religion, ethics, politics and the theater. Some issues are devoted to correspondence from readers. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1276 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 642 |
| References |
Goldsmiths lib. cat., 37592 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P203. |
| Special numbering | Volume numbering begins with v. 2. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Indexes |
Detailed contents for v. 1-2 included in v. 2 as index. |
| Title history note | Cumulates, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The Occasional paper. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
