- Additional Authors
- Publication Date
- Numb. 1. (March, M.DCC.XXIII.)-Numb. LXXXII. (Februrary, 1730).
- Description
- 4 v.; 2⁰.
- Uniform Title
- Monthly catalogue (London, England : 1723).
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Alternative Title
- Volume of the monthly catalogue
- The ... volume of the monthly catalogue Vols. 1-3
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Periodicals – England – 18th century.
- Note
- Editor and publisher: John Wilford.
- Title from caption.
- Subtitles vary slightly; from no. 21 subtitles read in part: "being an exact register of all books"; from no. 33: "being a general register of books".
- Imprint from no. 1-4 from colophon; almost all issues after no. 5 lack colophons.
- Imprints lack dates, except for no. 18-19.
- Issues from no. 5 include publisher's statement below title: "Collected by John Wilford, bookseller, in Little-Britain"; followed by a statement that earlier numbers are available.
- Extended title includes date of issue.
- Issue number from head of title.
- Volume title pages give years of issues included; there is no known title page for volume 4.
- Some numbers include price at foot of first page of text.
- With individual pagination for no. 1-20; from no. 21 (Jan. 1724) pagination and register are continuous through each calendar year.
- Printed in two columns from no. 59 (Mar. 1728).
- Title pages for the first three volumes are dated: 1725, 1727, and 1729. First volume runs from Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724; vol. 2 include numbers for 1725-1726; vol. 3 includes 1727-1728; vol. 4 includes numbers for 1729 and Jan.-Feb. 1730, when publication ceased.
- Includes classified list of new and reprinted books and pamphlets for each month; includes foreign language publications and books published abroad. Prices are included in the announcements.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- NCBEL
- Crane & Kaye
- English Short Title Catalog
- Numbering (note)
- Year of issue given in roman for 1723-1724, later issues dated in arabic. 25. Issue numbers change from arabic to roman with "numb. L." [no. 50] (June 1727).
- Aug.-Sept. 1723 and 1724 published as combined issues: no. 6 and no. 17.
- Issues in vol. 4 identified on direction line of monthly numbers from Jan. 1729-Feb. 1730.
- Reproduction (note)
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Classified subject index included in vol. 1 (Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724), and annually thereafter in the December issue.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Absorbed by 'The Monthly chronicle', March 1730; cf. NCBEL.
- OCLC
- Title
The monthly catalogue [electronic resource] : being an exact account of all books and pamphlets published ... Together with proposals for printing by subscription some books now in the press, or preparing for it. As likewise a list of books printed in foreign parts.
- Imprint
London [England] : printed by S[usanna]. Collins, for John Wilford, at the Three Flower-de-Luces in Little Britain, [1723-1729]
- Current Frequency
Monthly
- Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
- Indexed In:
NCBEL, II:1346
Crane & Kaye, 569
- Numbering
Year of issue given in roman for 1723-1724, later issues dated in arabic. 25. Issue numbers change from arabic to roman with "numb. L." [no. 50] (June 1727).
Aug.-Sept. 1723 and 1724 published as combined issues: no. 6 and no. 17.
Issues in vol. 4 identified on direction line of monthly numbers from Jan. 1729-Feb. 1730.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, P2165.
- Indexes
Classified subject index included in vol. 1 (Mar. 1723-Dec. 1724), and annually thereafter in the December issue.
- Linking Entry
Absorbed by 'The Monthly chronicle', March 1730; cf. NCBEL.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
- Added Author
Wilford, John, active 1716-1742, ed.
Collins, S., printer.
Gale (Firm)
- Absorbed By
Monthly chronicle