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The Edinburgh eighth-day magazine; or, Scots town and country intelligencer
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- Included Title
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- Eighteenth century collections online
- Format
- Journals, Magazines, Newspapers
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Edinburgh [Scotland] : printed by J. Mennons and Co. Brodie's Close, Lawnmarket, M,DCC,LXXIX.-M,DCC,LXXX. [1779-1780]
- Publication Dates
- Volume I.[Wednesday, September 1. 1779.-Tuesday, November 30. 1779.]-, Ceased: June 1780
- Physical Details
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- v., plates ; 21 cm (8⁰)
- Finding Aids
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- Essay and history subjects, poetry, in each volume
- Title repeated as caption on first page of individual issues.
- Imprints include year of publication in roman.
- Title pages include brief contents note.
- With index leaf described as 'contents' in each volume.
- With continuous pagination in each volume, and a plate depicting wild or mythical animals in most issues.
- Contents include selections from a range of other periodical publications, including the Town and Country magazine and the London gazette. Each issue includes correspondence, historical essays, poetry, natural history, anecdotes, reviews of new books and a current events section, 'History', arranged by countries; the Scottish section includes marriages and deaths.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- NCBEL, II:1372
- Crane & Kaye, 1245
- Craig, M. Scottish Periodical Press, p. 98
- English Short Title Catalog, P5972.
- Collects individual issues of the Edinburgh eighth-day magazine.