[The Complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure : containing the greatest variety of original pieces, ... embellished with a great variety of prints and maps.].
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [London [England] : publish'd monthly according to Act of Parliament, by J. Payne, at the Feathers in Pater-noster row, [1764]] |
| Description | 7 volumes, plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm (8⁰) |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure (London, England : Monthly) |
| Variant title | Complete magazine |
| Caption title | Complete magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| General note | Title from engraved general title page; monthly issue lacks individual t.p. or wrapper. |
| General note | Short title given as caption on first page of text. |
| General note | Imprint from collected issue title page. |
| General note | Imprint lacks date; year of publication from designation of issue. |
| General note | With printer's ornament on title page. |
| General note | Prefatory note to the reader follows title page in copy cataloged. |
| General note | Direction line of first p. of text reads: Comp. Mag. April 1764. |
| General note | Includes history, current events, politics, essays on social questions, military and civil preferments, theatrical criticism and a list of current performances, poetry, occasional music, current events for each month including marriages, deaths and stock prices; also includes numbered esssays: The Traveller. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References | NCBEL, II:1304 |
| References | Crane & Kaye, 1135 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, P3014. |
| Special numbering | With chronological designation only. |
| Special numbering | Collected issue title page numbered, but intended no. of issues for each volume not given. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | Monthly issues collected as: The Complete museum of knowledge and pleasure. |
| Title history note | Merged with: The Universal museum: or gentleman's and lady's polite magazine of history, politics and literature in Nov. 1764, to form: The Universal museum and complete magazine of knowledge and pleasure. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
| Other title | Traveller. |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |