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The Ladies magazine or, the Universal entertainer
Uniform Title
Ladies magazine or, the Universal entertainer (London, England : Biweekly).
Title
The Ladies magazine or, the Universal entertainer [electronic resource] : By Jasper Goodwill, of Oxford, esq;.
Published
London [England] : printed for the proprietors, and sold by G. Griffith, the corner of Elliot's-Court, in the Little Old Bailey; where all letters (post paid) will be receiv'd; and by applying to whom, all persons may be assured of being regularly served, 1749-[1753]
Physical Description
v., plates ; 4⁰.
Frequency
Biweekly
Extent
Numb. 1. Saturday, November 18, 1749. Vol. I.-[No. 33. vol. IV.] Saturday, November 10, 1753.
Numbering Peculiarities
Some issues misdated.
Last issue lacks number.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Preface signed: "Jasper Goodwill".
Title fluctuates.
Title page includes contents list and an address to the reading public; imprint is above this address.
Text begins below added caption title on verso of title page, except for last issue, which lacks normal preliminaries.
Running title includes date and issue number.
Imprint includes price and year of publication.
Imprints vary; in later issues they read in part: "printed and published by T. Wooddeson".
Last issue lacks imprint.
Includes biography, history, travel and poetry, with a general news section in each issue. Not regularly distinguishable from other publications in content, except for frequent references in the text to "the ladies". Biographies of criminals and crime news heavily reported.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Collected annually, the year running from Nov. to Nov., as: The Ladies magazine.
Variant and related titles
Ladies magazine
Portion of title: Universal entertainer
Caption and running title verso: The Ladies magazine
The ladies magazine v.1, no. 13-v.3, no. 28 (21 Apr./5 May 1750-9/23 Dec. 1752)
Format
Journals & Newspapers / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2010
Supplement(s)
First collected vol. has unnumbered supplement dated 10 Nov. 1750.
References
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1299
Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p. 41
Crane, R.S. Census of British newspapers and periodicals, 1620-1800, 356
English short title catalogue, P2570.
Subjects
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Great Britain England London.
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