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    • Uniform Title:Poetical magazine (London, England : 1809)
    • Title:Poetical magazine : dedicated to the lovers of the muse / by the agent of the goddess, R. Ackermann.
    • Publication:London : Pub. ... at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., Nov. 1, 1809-May 1, 1811.
    • Physical Description:4 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
    • Yale Holdings

      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: PR1175 .P64
      • Status:Not Checked Out
      • Library Has: v.1(1809)-v.4(1810/1811)
      • Supplements: v.1(1809):Suppl.-v.4(1810/1811):Suppl.

        v.1(1809):Suppl.-v.4(1810/1811):Suppl.
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
      • Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: 61 P752
      • Status:Not Checked Out
      • Library Has: v.1(1809)-v.4(1810/1811)
      • Supplements: v.1(1809):Suppl.-v.4(1810/1811):Suppl.

        v.1(1809):Suppl.-v.4(1810/1811):Suppl.
       
    • Extent:Vol. 1-vol. IV.
    • Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. In original parts, with publisher's original illustrated wrappers.
      LWL 61 P752: Armorial bookplate in v. 2: Herbert Henry Raphael; ms. annotations indexing Charles J. Bonnett's works on final leaf of each volume; imperfect: some pages wanting in v.3.
    • Notes:Caption titles for individual issues in vol. 1 only; vol. 2-4 have caption title for 1st issue and for supplement in each volume.
      Includes The schoolmaster's tour by William Combe which was later published separately with the title: The tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque.
      Illustrations for The schoolmaster's tour are by Thomas Rowlandson. Descriptions of the plates are available in Abbey.
      With engraved title pages for each volume
      Each volume has continuous pagination and signatures.
      Latest volume consulted: Vol. IV.
      Designations for individual issues from caption title; issues for Dec. 1810 to May 1811 lack caption titles; designation from engraved plate at beginning of each issue.
      Reissue. Originally published monthly as: The poetical magazine. [London], May, 1809-April, 1811.
      Description based on: Vol. 1; title from (engraved) title page.
    • Variant and related titles:Engraved volume title page, v. 4: Poetical magazine : dedicated to the lovers of the muse by their humble servant R. Ackermann
      Cover title, on printed wrappers: Ackermann's Poetical magazine
      Poetical magazine (London, England : 1809)
    • Format:Periodical
    • Supplement(s):Each volume accompanied by supplement.
    • Supplement(s):Each volume accompanied by supplement.
    • References:Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 214
    • Subjects:English poetry--Periodicals.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Raphael, Herbert H.--Bookplate.
    • Genre/Form:Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
      Annotations (Provenance)--19th century
      Periodicals.
      Aquatints--Hand-colored--1809-1811.
    • Also listed under:Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
      Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, illustrator.
      Combe, William, 1742-1823. Schoolmaster's tour. 1809.