Shelfmark
Ibb6.2.51
Title
The microcosm. A periodical work, by Gregory Griffin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[Windsor] : Printed for C. Knight, Castle-street, Windsor; and sold by Mess. G. G. J. & J. Robinson, Pater-Noster-Row,and Mr. Debrett, Piccadilly, London., 1786-1787.
Physical description
40 v. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Note
"Gregory Griffin" is a pseudonym; the principal authors include: George Canning, John Hookham Frere, John and Robert Smith, and Charles Ellis.
Note
Title and number, with issue date, repeated as caption at head of first page of text in each issue.
Note
Imprints include year of publication.
Note
Bracketed in blackletter below imprint: Entered at Stationers-Hall.
Note
Written by a group of friends while at Eton; includes essays on the conduct of life and other cultural and philosophical topics, written as letters from pseudonymous or imaginary correspondents.
Note
Collected in one volume with added engraved title page: Printed for C. Knight, Windsor, 1787.
Note
Reprinted several times in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Citation/references note
ESTC, P2566
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Lewis Vernon Harcourt.
Provenance
Eton College Library ink stamp.
Binding
19th century teal calf half-binding; boards covered in marbled paper; marbled endpapers; gilt top edge.
Copy-specific note
ECL holdings: No. I. (Monday, November 6, 1786.)-No. XL. (Monday, July 30, 1787.).
Copy-specific note
Bound in one volume.
Copy-specific note
Authors' names in ms. at end of articles.
Subject
Subject
Conduct of life Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
College student newspapers and periodicals England Eton.
Subject
Great Britain Civilization Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Debrett, John, 1752 - 1822 bookseller.
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Knight, C. publisher.
Added entry--name
Harcourt, Lewis Vernon (), 1863 - 1922 former owner.
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Added entry--place
England Windsor.
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England London.
Identifier
B42784