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The Flapper
Title
The Flapper [electronic resource].
Published
Dublin : Printed by R.E. Mercier and Co., 1796-1797.
Physical Description
2 v. ; (fol.)
Frequency
Weekly, July 2, 1796-Feb. 4, 1797
Former Frequency
Twice weekly, Feb. 2, 1796-June 28, 1796
Extent
Vol. 1 (1797 [i.e.1796]) [no. 1, (Tuesday, Feb. 2, 1796)-no. 54 (Saturday, Sept. 10, 1796)]-[v. 2 (1797)] [no. 55 (Saturday, Sept. 17, 1796-no. 75 (Saturday, Feb. 4, 1797]
Numbering Peculiarities
Title page for v. 1 dated "1797" in error; volume ends in Sept. 1796.
Collection is irregular as the publication ceased with no. 75; v. 1 has 54 numbers, v. 2 has only 21 numbers.
Local Notes
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Notes
Caption title.
Principal contributors include Alexander Knox and Sir William Cusack Smith. Cf. Notes & Queries.
Title refers to Swift's description of the 'flappers' in the Laputa voyage of 'Gulliver's travels'
Imprint lacks year of publication; dated from dates of issues.
Each volume has continuous pagination and signatures.
No. 1 called 3rd edition; no. 2-7 called 2nd edition.
Designation from vol. t.p. for collected issues.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2007] (Eighteenth century journals. I, Newspapers and periodicals 1693-1793, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford)
Bodleian Library
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Summary
Edited by the "Flapper to the People of Ireland"; includes literary essays, moral essays, and social satire. Several essays were attributed to James Caulfield, Earle of Charlemont; most essays were reprinted more than once.
Variant and related titles
Title on vol. t.p.: Flapper : a periodical work
Eighteenth century journals. 1, Newspapers and periodicals 1693-1793, from the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
Format
Journals & Newspapers / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 18, 2009
References
Notes & Queries, v. CLXII (1932)
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, II:1380
North, J.S. Waterloo directory of Irish newspapers and periodicals, 1800-1900, 1405
Ward, W.S. Index and finding list of serials published in the British Isles, 1789-1832, p. 59
English short title catalogue, ESTCP5965
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