The Lady's weekly magazine. Publish'd under the direction of Mrs. Penelope Pry

People / Organizations

• Mrs. Penelope Pry (Author)
• William Owen ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for W. Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar, Fleet-street; where advertisements and letters to the author are taken in, [1747]

Added name

[Pry, Penelope], editor.; Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756, attributed name.; Manley, Delarivier, -1724, contributor.; Owen, W. (William), -1793, bookseller.

Publication year

1747

ESTC No.

P221

Grub Street ID

359259

Description

v. ; 2°.

Note

Note below title: Publish'd under the direction of Mrs. Penelope Pry, possibly a pseudonym

Previously attributed to Eliza Haywood. The attribution is refuted in: Spedding, Patrick. A bibliography of Eliza Haywood. 2004

Title from caption

Imprint from colophon; imprints lack date

Although called a 'magazine', the layout and content are those of a newspaper

Printed in three columns; important articles begin with factotum initial.