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The Champion; or, British mercury. By Capt. Hercules Vinegar, of Pall-Mall
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- London [England] : printed for T. Cooper, at the Globe in Pater-noster-Row; where advertisements and letters to the author are taken in, [1739-1740]
- Publication Dates
- Began with: No.1 (15 Nov.1739), -No. 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 1740)
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- 94 v. ; 40 cm. (1/2⁰)
- Succeeding Titles
- 'Hercules Vinegar' = Henry Fielding, the editor and originator.
- With cut of Hercules slaying the Hydra in center of title.
- Imprint from undated colophon.
- First year of publication from reference sources; final year of publication from date of issue.
- Imprints vary; from no. 21, "printed for C. Corbett, at Addison's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleetstreet".
- Issue number from head of title.
- Below date line in brackets: To be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday morning.
- Printed in three columns; text begins with factotum initial.
- Includes editorial essays, news notes from England and Europe, advertisements. Articles signed 'C' or 'L' are reputed to be written by Fielding.
- Description based on: Numb. 20 (Saturday, December 29, 1739.); title from caption.
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- NCBEL, II:1330
- Crane & Kaye, 101
- English Short Title Catalog, P3008.
- Reprinted in 2 vols., with its subseqent title, by Huggonson (London, 1741), Chapelle (London, 1743), and Waller (London, 1766).