Chronology of Independent Journals from the Early Period

Chronological List of Early Independent Journals

This area is concerned with "independent journals" - that is, with journals that were not published by scholarly societies. In point of fact, in the early years of their existence, the independent journals served primarily as a vehicle for reviewing works of original reseach that were located in monographs or in the journals published by scholarly societies.

The bulk of the abbreviations of these independent journals were located through perusal of the first few hundred pages of Band 1 of Pogg..

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1672

Journal Run

Journal History

Journal Abbreviations

1672-1674 (Tome 1-tome 6)

[Tome 1] (janv.-mars 1677)-tome 10 (déc. 1677)

Janv. 1678-avr. 1714

Mai 1714-oct. 1716

Janv. 1717-mai 1721

Juin/juil. 1721-déc. 1723, 2e vol.

Janv. 1724-1791, n° 50 (10 déc.)

1791, n° 51 (17 déc.) - t. 39, n° 15 (30 pluv. an VII [18 févr. 1799])

T. 1, n° 1 (10 pluviôse an 7 [29 janvier 1799]) - t. 8, n° 30 (30 fructidor an 7 [16 sept. 1799])
t. 1, n° 1 ([1er] messidor an VIII [20 juin 1800]) - t. 69 (21 décembre 1816)
t. 1, n° 1 (4 janvier 1817) - t. 5, n° 57 (31 janvier 1818)

Le Mercure galant[1672-1674 (Tome 1-tome 6)]

Continued by Le Nouveau Mercure galant [[Tome 1] (janv.-mars 1677)-tome 10 (déc. 1677)]

Continued by Mercure galant [Janv. 1678-avr. 1714]

Continued by Nouveau Mercure galant [Mai 1714-oct. 1716]

Continued by Le Nouveau Mercure [Janv. 1717-mai 1721]

Continued by Le Mercure [Juin/juil. 1721-déc. 1723, 2e vol.]

Continued by Mercure de France [Janv. 1724-1791, n° 50 (10 déc.)]

Continued by Mercure français [1791, n° 51 (17 déc.) - t. 39, n° 15 (30 pluv. an VII [18 févr. 1799])]

Continued by Mercure de France [1799 - 1818]

[Bibliot. Nat. France cat.]

Mercure de France
[Pogg., v.1, col.469 cites 1683.]