- Additional Authors
- Publication Date
- From Saturday Decemr. 24th, 1763 to Saturday Decemr. 29 1764-[Dec. 26, 1767].
- Description
- 4 v., plates; 21 cm (8⁰)
- Uniform Title
- Eighteenth century collections online.
- Alternative Title
- Weekly amusement
- Useful and agreeable miscellany of literary entertainment
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Periodicals.
- Note
- Engraved title pages.
- "Consisting of such choices pieces both prose and poetry as are worthy of notice either for usefulness or entertainment. The best political pieces of the times new improvemts [sic] in husbandry gradening &c The finest parts of the most celebrated prose and poetic writers Tending to inform the judgment instruct the understanding improve the heart & correct the taste Together with an historical detail of the publick transactions & occurrences of the year ...".
- Imprint lacks date; years of publication from title statements.
- Printed in London for Robert Goadby in Sherborne; the weekly issues were published and sold in both places.
- Frontis. plate is engraved.
- Chronological designations from title statements.
- Includes fiction, essays, poetry, and a bi-weekly summary of public events. Some contents reprinted from other publications.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Indexed In (note)
- NCBEL
- Times handlist
- English Short Title Catalog
- Numbering (note)
- Volumes unnumbered; chronological designation only.
- Some volumes appear to have been originally issued in two parts.
- Volumes for 1766 and 1767 have pagination errors.
- Supplement (note)
- Occasional supplements for the first two years bound at end of the 1766 volume.
- Reproduction (note)
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Each volume includes poetry and subject indexes except 1767 which is not indexed.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Collects, with added prefatory material and indexes: The Weekly amusement.
- OCLC
- Title
The weekly amusement ... or An useful and agreeable miscellany of literary entertainment [electronic resource].
- Imprint
[London, England] : Printed for R[obert]. Goadby, and sold by Willm. Lee, at the Bible near Cripplegate London, [1763-1764]
- Current Frequency
Annual (collected issues)
- Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
- Indexed In:
NCBEL, II:1303
Times handlist, p. 43
- Numbering
Volumes unnumbered; chronological designation only.
Some volumes appear to have been originally issued in two parts.
Volumes for 1766 and 1767 have pagination errors.
- Supplement
Occasional supplements for the first two years bound at end of the 1766 volume.
- 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, P1997.
- Indexes
Each volume includes poetry and subject indexes except 1767 which is not indexed.
- Linking Entry
Collects, with added prefatory material and indexes: The Weekly amusement.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Great Britain England Sherborne.
- Added Author
Goadby, Robert, 1721-1778, publisher.
Owen, William, xxxxx, publisher.
Gale (Firm)
- Related To
Weekly amusement (CU-RivES)P1996