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The Court miscellany, or, Ladies new magazine : Containing a ... variety of original pieces in prose and verse ... By Matilda Wentworth, of Piccadilly, and others.

Other author/creatorKelly, Hugh, 1739-1777 editor.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for Richardson and Urquhart at the Royal Exchange, MDCCLXV. [1765]
Description1 volume, plates : portraits, tables, engr. music ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Uniform titleCourt miscellany, or Ladies new magazine (London, England : Collected issues)
Caption title Court miscellany
Portion of title Ladies new magazine
FrequencySemiannual (collected issues)
General noteEditor: Hugh Kelly.
General note'Matilda Wentworth' is a pseudonym used by Kelly for his contributions to this periodical.
General noteTitle pages are engraved.
General noteWith title page vignettes.
General noteMain title repeated as caption on first page of text of monthly issues.
General noteMonthly issues in copy cataloged lack title pages or wrappers.
General notePrinted in two columns, with headpieces above captions.
General noteIncludes selections from published fiction, history, travel, biography, belles lettres, anecdotes and literary commentary; issues include 'Theatrical intelligence', and a monthly chronicle with births, marriages, deaths, preferments and poetry selections.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References Sullivan, A. British literary magazines, p. 57-62
References NCBEL, II:1304
References Crane & Kaye, 147
References Times handlist, p. 43
References English Short Title Catalog, P3076.
Special numberingMonthly issues unnumbered; chronological designation only.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Subjects; poetry.
Title history noteCollects, with added indexes and a table of stock prices, monthly issues of: The Court miscellany, or Ladies new magazine.
Succeeding title Court miscellany; or Gentleman & lady's new magazine
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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