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The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure

The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was the predominant title of a British magazine published in the 18th and early 19th centuries. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure began in 1747. A new series under the shorter title The Universal Magazine began in 1804. A third series began in 1814 as The New Universal Magazine, but it ceased publication the following year.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1747-1766, 1770, 1773, 1776-1781, 1792-1796: HathiTrust has volumes 1-12, 14-15, 17-25, 27-30, 33-38, 46, 52-53, 58-69, and 90-99.
• 1748-1751, 1753-1762, 1764, 1766-1798: HathiTrust also has volumes 2-9, 12-29, 31, 34-35, 38-57, 59, and 61-102. Remaining gaps from these two listings are filled below.
• 1763: The Internet Archive has volume 32, covering January-June 1763, scanned from microfilm.
• 1798: HathiTrust has volume 103, covering July-December 1798.
• 1799: HathiTrust has volume 104, covering January-June 1799.
• 1799: HathiTrust has volume 105, covering July-December 1799.
• 1800: HathiTrust has volumes 106 and 107.
• 1801: HathiTrust has volumes 108 and 109.
• 1802: HathiTrust has volumes 110 and 111.
• 1803: HathiTrust has volumes 112 and 113.
• 1804-1814: HathiTrust has volumes 1-15 and 17-21 of the second series of The Universal Magazine. See below for the missing second series volume from this listing.
• 1811: The Internet Archive has volume 16 of the second series of The Universal Magazine, covering July-December 1811, scanned from microfilm.
• 1814: The Internet Archive has volume 1 of the New Universal Magazine, covering July-December 1814, scanned from microfilm.
• 1815: The Internet Archive has volume 2 of the New Universal Magazine, covering January-June 1815, scanned from microfilm.
• 1815: The Internet Archive has volume 3 of the New Universal Magazine, covering July-September 1815, scanned from microfilm. Publication ceased with the September issue.

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