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The Covent-Garden journal
Uniform Title
Covent-Garden journal (London, England : 1752)
Title
The Covent-Garden journal [electronic resource] / by Sir Alexander Drawcansir.
Published
London : Printed and sold by Mrs. Dodd, [1752]
Physical Description
72 v. ; (fol.)
Frequency
Weekly, No. 53-72
Former Frequency
Semiweekly, No. 1-52
Extent
Numb. 1. (Saturday, Jan. 4. 1752)-numb. 72. (Saturday, Nov. 25, 1752)
Local Notes
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Notes
Title from caption.
Sir Alexander Drawcansir = Sir Henry Fielding.
Below date line: To be continued every Tuesday and Saturday. Later issues read: To be continued every Saturday in the morning.
Imprint from colophon; imprints lack dates.
Years of publication from dates of issues.
Electronic reproduction Numb. 5-70 (Jan. 1752-Nov. 1752) ; Impf. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2007] (Eighteenth century journals. I, Newspapers and periodicals 1693-1793, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford)
Bodleian Library
Another edition published in Dublin by James Hoey, 1752-1753.
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Summary
Includes personal essays, weekly summary of current events in London: 'Modern history abridged', which emphasized crime news; with foreign news notes and advertisements.
Variant and related titles
Eighteenth century journals. 1, Newspapers and periodicals 1693-1793, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Other editions
Covent-garden journal (Dublin, Ireland : 1752)
Format
Journals & Newspapers / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2009
References
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1280
Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p. 42
English short title catalogue, ESTCP1708
Crane, R.S. Census of British newspapers and periodicals, 1620-1800, 148
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