Research Catalog

Title

The British prose miscellany.

Publication

Huddersfield : Printed and sold by Sikes and Co.; sold also by Hurst, London; Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York; Edwards and Son, Halifax; Holmes, Leeds; and Gill, Wakefield, [1799?]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hurst, Thomas, 1774 or 1775-1847
• Sikes and Co. pbl
• Wilson, Spence, and Mawman. pbl
• Edwards and Son. pbl

Description

31 pts. (248 p. in various pagings); 17 cm. (8vo)

Subject

• English prose literature

Note

• Probable publication date from BM.
• Published in 30 8-page parts, with an initial part containing the title page and contents, and a final leaf of advertisements.
• Wood-engraved t.p. vignette and wood-engraved headpiece (publisher's device) to pt. 1, signed Brook; ornamental tailpieces.
• Includes writings by Lucy Aikin, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Fanny Burney, William Godwin, and others.

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Indexed In (note)

• BM
• ESTC (RLIN)

Call Number

Pforz (British) 1799

OCLC

NYPG99-B526

Title

The British prose miscellany.

Imprint

Huddersfield : Printed and sold by Sikes and Co.; sold also by Hurst, London; Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York; Edwards and Son, Halifax; Holmes, Leeds; and Gill, Wakefield, [1799?]

Indexed In:

BM, v. 25 col. 15

ESTC (RLIN) T128710

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Pforzheimer copy lacks final leaf of advertisements.

Binding: 19th century half calf, gilt, and marbled paper boards; black spine label.

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Added Author

Hurst, Thomas, 1774 or 1775-1847, publisher.

Sikes and Co. Publisher

Wilson, Spence, and Mawman. Publisher

Edwards and Son. Publisher

Research Call Number

Pforz (British) 1799