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The microcosm.

Title: The microcosm.
Publication: Windsor : Published for C. Knight and sold by C. Knight and Mr. Debrett, 1787.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	no. 1-40 (Nov. 6, 1786- July 30, 1787)	Text	Request in advance	*DA (Microcosm) no. 1-40 (Nov. 6, 1786- July 30, 1787)	Offsite

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Publication Date

No. 1 (Nov. 6, 1786)-no. 40 (July 30, 1787)

Description

xvi, 455 p.; 22 cm.

Uniform Title

Microcosm (Windsor, England : 1786). Collected edition. 1787.

Subjects

Note

Written under the pseudonym Gregory Griffin by four Eton College students: John Smith, George Canning, Robert Smith, and John Frere, with the occasional assistance of other Eton students including Lord Henry Spencer, Mr. Way, Mr. Littlehales, Capel Loft, and Mr. Mellish. Cf. Lowndes. Originally published by Canning and others; Canning sold the copyright to Knight. Cf. DNB.
This collected edition has table of contents (With "Names of authors") and issue title pages (not included in pagination). Captions titles include both dates and issue numbers (except that the first issue has only the date); title pages specify issue number only: No. 1 of the Microcosm ... .
Added t.-p. engr., added t.-p. for each no., and occasionally extra leaves.

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Call Number

*DA (Microcosm)

OCLC

38448112

Title

The microcosm.

Imprint

Windsor : Published for C. Knight and sold by C. Knight and Mr. Debrett, 1787.

Current Frequency

Weekly

Indexed In:

Lowndes, v. 4, p. 1543

Added Author

Griffin, Gregory.

Canning, George, 1770-1827.

Smith, John, -1827.

Smith, Robert Percy, 1770-1845.

Frere, John Hookham, 1769-1846.

Spencer, Henry John, Lord, 1770-1795.

Way, Benjamin, 1770-1834.

Littlehales, Verney Peter, 1769-

Loft, Capel, 1751-1824.

Mellish, Joseph, 1768-1823.

Research Call Number

*DA (Microcosm) Library has: no. 1-40 (Nov. 6, 1786-July 30, 1787)