The Devil. / By Mr. John Slade. Volume 1 Of 1

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revoluti... Read more

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)P005956Editor and principal contributor: John Slade. Title repeated as caption and running title on each issue; issue number added to running title. Below caption: To be continued every Saturday. With headpiece above caption featuring a beehive and heap of coal on either side of medallion showing a village landscape. Individual issues have colophons: Printed for J. Bouquet in Pater-noster-row, and J. Swan near Northumberland House. Colophons followed by "price 2d.," and note advising contributors to send their creative work to the "Berkley-Square Coffee-house." Pagination and signatures are continuous. Text begins with factotum initial. Satiric essays on moral questions, using fictitious correspondence as the vehicle. Last number announces the end of the publication.London England]: J. Bouquet and J. Swan], printed in the year 1755. 1 v.; 23 cm. (8) Less