The Weekly entertainer; or Agreeable and instructive repository : Containing a collection of select pieces, both in prose and verse; curious anecdotes, instructive tales, and ingenious essays on different subjects.

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Publication InfoSherborne [Dorset, England] : printed by R. Goadby and Co., M.DCC.LXXXIII. [1783]-1819.
Description59 volumes ; 8⁰.
Supplemental ContentFull text online
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Portion of title Agreeable and instructive repository
Variant title Caption and running title on weekly issues: Weekly entertainer
FrequencyAnnual, v. 45-59 (1805-1819)
General noteImprint varies; v. 16-v. 26 read in part: printed by Goadby and Lerpiniere; v. 27- read in part: printed by Goadby, Lerpiniere, and Langdon.
General noteIncludes anecdotes and miscellaneous information in history, biography and politics, selections of fiction and poetry, and miscellaneous reprinted essays.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1352
References Ward, W. S. Index of British serials, p. 169
References English Short Title Catalog, P2050.
Special numberingIndividual issues have chronological designation only.
Special numberingSome volumes misnumbered on title page.
Special numberingVolume and consecutive issue numbers added to direction line of each issue, v. 1-29 (no. 1-731) ending with issue of 27 Feb. 1797; volume numbers continue to be added to each issue through v. 59.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexes Each volume indexed.
Title history noteCumulates weekly issues of: The weekly entertainer.
Preceding title Weekly miscellany; or Instructive entertainer
Succeeding title Weekly entertainer: and West of England miscellany:
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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