| | Periodicals and Newspapers | Save | | 1 | Title: | The new annual register, or General repository of history, politics, and literature, for the year
| | | | Uniform Title: | Annual register (London : 1758)
| | | | Publication: | Printed for G. Robinson, Pater-noster-Row, London,1780- | | | | Notes: | Description based on: Vol. [2] for 1781 Founded by Andrew Kippis, in imitation of the Annual register Includes articles on British & European history, customs, literature, language, music, science, natural history, antiquities, art, agriculture, etc.; "public papers" of the year; "miscellaneous" and "philosophical" papers; biographical sketches; poetry; book reviews (foreign and domestic); births, deaths, etc. -- Each volume has a "prefixed" background article by Kippis entitled, beginning with v.[2], "A short view of the state of knowlege, literature, and taste..."; v.2 covers 1714-1760 (v.1 had a different title and covered 1760-1780); v.3 covers "earliest times to the Norman Conquest;" the history is carried down to the reign of Charles I in the vol. for 1795 (v.[16]) -- Publisher varies slightly | | | | Call #: | D2 N532 | | | | Extent: | 16 v. ; 22cm. | | | | Subjects: | Europe -- History -- 1648-1789 | Europe -- History -- 1789-1900
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