Shelfmark
Fr.1.10
Main entry--uniform title
Anti-Jacobin; or the Weekly examiner. Prospectus.
Title
Prospectus of the Anti-Jacobin; or, weekly examiner. The first number of which will be published on Monday the 20th of November 1797, to be continued every Monday during the sitting of Parliament. Price 6d.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : published by J. Wright, No. 169, opposite Old Bond-street, Piccadilly; by whom orders for the paper, and all communications of correspondents, addressed to the editor of the Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly examiner, will be received. Sold also by all the booksellers and newsmen in town and country, [1797-1798]
Physical description
36 v. ; 4to.
Note
Originator: George Canning; editor: William Gifford.
Note
"[Price 6D."
Note
Below title in square brackets: To be continued every Monday during the sitting of Parliament.
Note
Imprint from colophon.
Note
Satirical treatment of radical Whig government; paper published in support of Pitt, the Tory ministry and the king. Fiercely conservative. As this weekly ended, it was succeeded by the monthly Anti-Jacobin review and magazine, which had a separate staff and management, but the same principles.
Note
Description based on: No. 1 (Monday, November 20, 1797); title from caption.
Note
Latest issue consulted: No. 36 (Monday, July 9, 1798).
Citation/references note
ESTC, P2134
Binding
Contemporary quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards.
Copy-specific note
Bound with: The prospectus of the Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly examiner and The prospectus of the Anti-Jacobin magazine and review; or, Monthly political censor.
Genre/Form
Newspapers.
Added entry--name
Gifford, William, 1756 - 1826 editor.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B40044