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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)P002405Begun and published by James Potts, later published by Thomas Walker. Title and date repeated as caption at head of first page of text. Imprints lack dates; years of publication from dates of issues. Imprints vary; from 1772-Feb. 1773, imprint reads in part: printed by R[obert]. Marchbank for Peter Seguin; during 1773 imprint names alternate between Peter Seguin and James Potts, with printer John Lord's name also appearing in Apr. and May; from Nov. 1773-Feb. 1774 imprint reads: Printed by James Potts; from Mar. 1774 imprint reads in part: Printed by Thomas Walker, who by this time had taken over the publication. Title page includes list of contents. Printed in two columns. Text begins with factotum initial; ornamental headpiece above caption title of each issue. Running title includes subjects on current pages and date of issue. Issues include general essays on many topics, selections from literature, comments on the theatre, poetry, a summary of events in Europe and England for the month, public events in Ireland including marriage and death notices and promotions. During the American Revolution there is considerable coverage of events. Description based on: May, 1772.Dublin [Ireland]: printed by James Potts, at Swift's-Head, in Dame-street. v., plates (some fold.): ill., tables, diagrs., maps, ports., music; 8