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Uniform Title Annual register (London, England : 1758)
Title The Annual register / or a view of the history, politicks and literature, of the year
Published London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall Mall, 1759-1954
[Vol. 1] (1758)-v. 195 (1953)

Location:ADPML SPC  909 Ann/Aro 
Issues held:(1758)-(1912),

Copies

Description 195 volumes ; 21-23 cm
Summary Originated with Robert Dodsley, at the suggestion of Edmund Burke, who was for some years editor and principal contributor. Sometime after 1791, the copyright and stock were purchased by Otridge and other booksellers. Messers. Rivington published a rival continuation, which lasted from 1791 to 1812, and again from 1820 to 1824, when the two were merged into one. Cf. Lowndes. Bibliographer's manual, v. 1
Later Title Annual register of world events
Notes Subtitle varies
Publisher varies
Numbering Vols. for 1784-1785 issued in combined form; v. for 1820, issued in 2 pts
Vols. for 1863-1946 called new ser
Vols. for 1920-1953 called v. 162-v. 195
Notes Also available online via the Web
Has Indexes 1758-80. 1 v. 1758-1819. 1 v. 1781-92 1 v
Vol. 1-v. 62, pt. 1 have contents lists; v. 62, pt. 2- are self-indexing
Subject English literature -- Catalogs.
History -- Periodicals.
Author Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.