| Variant title |
Recreations |
| Caption title |
Recreations in agriculture, natural-history, arts, & miscellaneous literature [no.] 13- |
| Caption title |
Recreations in arts and literature Apr.-Sept.1, 1799 |
| Caption title |
Recreations in agriculture [no.7] |
| Caption title |
Recreations, &c. [no. 8]- no.12 |
| Spine title |
Anderson's recreations |
| Frequency | Semiannual (cumulative) |
| General note | Compiled and edited by James Anderson. |
| General note | Caption and section titles vary. |
| General note | Early monthly issues have colophons; later, volumes have single colophon preceding first index leaf. Colophon reads in part: "Printed by T. Bensley". |
| General note | With title page vignette. |
| General note | Direction line of each issue has volume number. |
| General note | With errata notes and list of plates at end of volume index. |
| General note | Issue numbering is consecutive from volume to volume. |
| General note | Each issue is divided into three sections, some unpaginated, others with continuous pagination and repeated designations. In first two numbers the 'Recreations in art and literature' are followed by: 'Recreations in natural history' and 'Recreations in agriculture'. The sections of each issue in v. 2 have been rearranged and the caption titles altered. Section titles are self-explanatory. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1312 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 777 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 48 |
| References |
Ward, W. S. Index of serials, p. 137 |
| References |
Goldsmiths lib. cat., 37680 |
| References |
Alston, III:429 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP2783. |
| Special numbering | Numeration begins with no. 9 (Dec. 1799), which constitutes the third issue of v. 2. |
| Special numbering | No. [7-8] lack both numerical and chronological designations. |
| Special numbering | Volumes 5-6 have duplicate numbering, and individual issues in v. 6 also have duplicate numbers. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Indexes |
Volumes are indexed in sections corresponding to their topical divisions: Natural history, Agriculture, Arts and literature. |
| Title history note | Cumulates monthly issues of Anderson's 'Recreations'. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
