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The Gentleman's magazine

32 volumes : 22 cm · Proprietor and publisher, 1834-1849 : John Bowyer Nichols. One of the editors in this period was his son, John Gough Nichols · Title from vol. t.p. and from caption, on both of which also appear the attribution : "By Sylvanus Urban, Gent." [this was the by-line used by various proprietors and editors throughout the magazine's overall history] · Each volume covers a six-month period, either Jan.-June or July-Dec. The monthly issues within each volume are not individually numbered · New [i.e. 3rd] ser., vol. 1 (Jan./Jun. 1834) - New [i.e. 3rd] ser., vol. 32 (Jul./Dec. 1849) also constitute vol. 155 to vol. 186 in the original series numbering, in continuation from that of the previous titles. However, the last volume of the previous title was vol. 103 (= 2nd series, vol. 26) (1833). [i.e. vols. 104 to 154 omitted in numbering ; original series volume numbering not (1834-1849) printed within the magazine, but assigned at a later stage and appears only on the spines of the bound volumes] · The "new" series of the 1834-1849 title forms the third series in the overall numbering history ; the last 26 volumes of the previous title were also assigned "new" [i.e. 2nd] se

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