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Miscellanea curiosa, or, Entertainments for the ingenious of both sexes
Title
Miscellanea curiosa, or, Entertainments for the ingenious of both sexes.
Publication
York [England] : Printed by Tho. Gent, om Coffee-Yard, MDCCXXXIV [1734]-1735.
Physical Description
volumes : illustrations (some folded) ; 20 cm
Medium
8vo.
Frequency
Quarterly (except the months of Oct.-Dec.)
Extent
January, February and March, 1734.-July, August and September [1735].
Numbering Peculiarities
No issues numbered.
Gap in publication: Oct.-Dec. 1734.
No more published; note in final issue indicates discouragement.
Notes
No. 1 also called: Miscellaneae curiosae.
Publisher: Thomas Gent.
Portion of title repeated as caption.
Title spelling varies slightly.
Imprints include year of publication.
Imprints vary; added in 2nd issue: Sold by J. Wilford, behind the Chapter-House in St. Paul's Church-Yard, London; name added in no.[3-6]: Thomas Hammond, in the Pavement, York.
"Price six pence" follows imprint on later issues.
Some issues include booksellers advertisements.
Includes puzzles, enigmas, mathematical theorems and equations to solve, with complete solutions.
Variant and related titles
Entertainments for the ingenious of both sexes
Miscellaneae curiosae
Format
Journals & Newspapers
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 14, 2022
References
English short title catalogue, P6120
Cranfield, G.A. Provincial newspapers, page 27
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, volume II, 1352
Subjects
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Periodicals.
Annotations (Provenance) - 18th-century.
Also listed under
England York.
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