Useful transactions in philosophy, and other sorts of learning, for the months of
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- Useful transactions in philosophy, and other sorts of learning, for the months of
- Useful transactions for the months of ... pt. 3
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London [England] : printed for Bernard Lintott, at the Cross-Keys, between the two Temple-Gates, in Fleetstreet, [1709]
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King, William, 1663-1712, ed.; Lintott, Bernard, bookseller.
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- 1709
- ESTC No.
- P2626
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- 56261
- Description
- 3 v. , plate ; 8°.
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- Editor: William King
Titles vary slightly
Note above imprint: "To be continu'd monthly, as they sell."; Imprints lack dates; year of publication from dates of issues
First number dated according to Lady Day dating
Note following imprint of no. [3] reads: "where may be had the Transactions for January, February, March and April. Price one shilling each."; With engraved frontispiece
The first two issues are divided into numbered sections; a table of contents for these is bound following the preface to the March-April issue
The third number, covering May-Sept. 1709, includes an account of an imaginary voyage to the island of Cajamai, "translated into English from the Dutch," and written as a satire on Sir Hans Sloane
All three issues represent whimsical satires on the Philosophical Transactions, and on the proceedings of the Royal Society
Probably printed by William Bowyer.