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The London journal
Uniform Title
London journal (London, England : 1720)
Title
The London journal.
Publication
London : Printed for J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, at which place advertisements, and letters to the author are taken in.
Physical Description
volumes ; 36 cm
Frequency
Weekly
Extent
Began with no. 42 (May 14, 1720); ceased with no. 999 (Mar. 17, 1744).
Numbering Peculiarities
Issue numbering is irregular.
Number 607 omitted in numbering.
Numbers 635-635 omitted in numbering.
Local Notes
BEIN 2017 +S96: Bookplate, Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale; Shelfmark: A.1: 85-99, 101-104, 107-118, 121, 123, 125-164.
BEIN 2017 +S96: Imperfect: Pages 5-6 wanting: 85-92, 94-99, 101-102, 104, 107-118, 121, 123, 125-164.
BEIN 2017 +S96: Imperfect: Pages 3-6 wanting: 103.
BEIN 2017 +S96: Pages 3-6 of no. 93 bound after no. 164.
BEIN 2017 +S96: Bound with other titles; some issues separated by other titles: 85-99, 101-104, 107-118, 121, 123, 125-164.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 1: Imperfect, pages 1-2 wanting: 284, 561, 590, 642.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 1: Imperfect, mutilated, with some loss of text: 580.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 1: Supplements for no. 184-186 all bound following no. 184.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 1: Armorial bookplate, unidentified owner: 284-342; 343-489; 490-651; 654-809; 810-999.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 2: Armorial bookplate, unidentified owner: 258-283.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 2: Manuscript annotations: 264-269.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 3: Imperfect: Second leaf (p. [3-4]) wanting: 710, 712-716, 718-720, 722-723, 726-728, 730-733, 737-739, 743-745, 747-751, 754-755.
BEIN Z17 0240 Copy 3: From the library of the Press Club, London: 208.
Notes
Editorship attributed to: James Pitt. See New Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
Imprint from undated colophon.
Imprint varies.
Price at foot of first column of text within square brackets: Price three half-pence.
Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
Includes articles by John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, later reprinted as: "Letters from 'Cato'" (1721, 1722, 1724, 1725, 1750-1754) and articles by Mathew Concanen the elder entitled: "The Speculatist" (reprinted, 1730). See New Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
Description based on: Numb. XLIV (from Saturday, May 21 to Saturday, May 28, 1720); title from caption.
Latest issue consulted: Numb. 809 (Saturday, December 28, 1734).
Variant and related titles
Supplement to The London journal, of February 2, 1723.
Continues
London journal, or, The Thursday's journal.|DELIM|
Format
Journals & Newspapers
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 13, 2017
Supplement(s)
Three issues (no. 184-186, February 2 to 16, 1722/3) are accompanied by supplements covering the trial of Christopher Layer. First supplement has title page with title "A supplement to The London journal, of February 2, 1723, being a large and impartial abstract of the tryal of Christopher Layer, Esq." (12 pages); second supplement has caption title "The second supplement to The London journal" (11, [1] pages); third supplement has caption title "The third supplement to The London journal" (6 pages).
References
English short title catalogue, P1761
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1324
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Newspapers.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th century.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Also listed under
England London.
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