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The Museum : or, The literary and historical register. v. 1-3 (no. 1-39); Mar. 29, 1746-Sept. 12, 1747.

Accession number
PML 129110
Published
London : Printed for R. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1746-47.
Credit line
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Elizabeth M. Riley, 2002.
Notes
Straus : Dodsley, p. 331, 332, 334 //
Biweekly.
No more published.
Edited by Akenside. Cf. Straus, p. 82-83.
Engraved vignette on t. p. of v. 1 (repeated, v. 2-3).
T.p. in red and black, with headpieces and tailpieces.
With indexes: To the essays; To the poetry; To the account of books and To the political state of Europe.
3 volumes in two; volume the first: Vol. I, Numb. I. Saturday March 29 - Numb. XII. Saturday August 30. (pp. [1]-538) Vol. II, Numb. XIV, Saturday September 27 - Numb. XIX, Saturday December 6 (pp. [3]-204) ; volume the second : Vol. II, Numb. XX. Saturday December 20 - Numb. XXVI. Saturday March 14. (pp. [205]-460); Vol. III, Numb. XXVIII. Saturday April 11 - Numb. XXXIX. Saturday September 12. (pp. [41]-516).
Bookplate from the Scottish Conservative Club Library [Edinburgh] "Presented by Sir George H. Scott Doublas, Bart. 1884."
Bookseller's description inserted, Peter Murray Hill (Rare Books) Ltd. Cat. 121 Spring 1972, # 106.
Description
3 v. [in 2] : ill. ; 21 cm (8vo.)
Provenance
Scottish Conservative Club (bookplate); from the Charles Ryskamp Collection.
Binding
Marbled boards, with calf spine, brittle; "Scottish Conservative Club" in gilt on spine.
Classification
Department