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THE LITERARY PANORAMA
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On Wednesday, October 1, 1806, will be published, (to be continued monthly), price half-a-crown, ... No.1. of The Literary Panorama: including a review of books, register of events, and magazine of varieties. Comprising interesting intelligence from ... the United Kingdom; the British connections in the East-Indies, West-Indies, America, Africa, Western Asia, etc. and from the continent of Europe, ...
London (Place), [1806].
[4] p. ; 22.9 cm. (4°)

Half-sheet, folded, conjugate leaf blank. The magazine, each issue of which was to consist of 'Seven Sheets of Letter-press, printed in Octavo, on a fine wove extra royal Paper, large Page with double Columns' was to be published (and edited?) by the engraver Charles Taylor (1756--1823), and printed by Cox, Son and Baylis, Great Queen Street, London. The first series ran from October 1806 to September 1814, and a 'new series' from October 1814 to July 1819, after which the magazine was incorporated into the New Monthly Review.

Copy Notes Originally folded, sealed and addressed as a letter to Soane, the recto of the blank leaf inscribed in ink Mess. Cox and Baylis compts to Mr. Soane / beg leave to send him a Prospectus of a new / work, which will shortly appear / Sept. 9, 1806. Soane was evidently not unimpressed since he purchased the first three numbers of the new magazine from J. Budd on 8 May 1807 (q.v.).

Binding Loose sheet.

Reference Number 2663

Additional Names Taylor, Charles (1756--1823); Cox, Son, and Baylis, Printers


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