The oracle

All titles

• The oracle
• Oracle (London, England : 1715)

People / Organizations

• Sarah Popping ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London [England] : printed, and sold by S. Popping in Pater-Noster-Rowe, [1715]

Publication year

1715

ESTC No.

P6347

Grub Street ID

58063

Description

7 v. ; 34 cm (1/2°)

Note

"By a society of gentlemen."

Editor: Marshall Smith

Title from caption

Following title: "By which all questions are answer'd in every art and science, ... both in prose and poetry, with other amusements."; Imprint from colophon; imprints lack date

Year of publication from dates of issues

Note on accepting letters and advertisements imprint

"Price three halfpence" below imprint

Issue number from head of title

Printed in two columns

Paper originally proposed as "The Oracle", to be printed Wednesdays. Proposal included a description of prior editorial ventures of Marshall Smith, and was to be printed by S. Keimer. Neither the printer nor booksellers named in the proposal were involved in this paper as it subsequently appeared

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