#OTD in 1802.

The Edinburgh Review, a reforming quarterly, is first published.

Among the most notable of the foreign publications it observed was Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, which Adam Smith reviewed in the journal's second and final issue, published in March 1756.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh_Review

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Edinburgh Review - Wikipedia

@gutenberg_org How was the last issue published 46 years before the first one?

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According to @wikipedia, "the first Edinburgh Review was a short-lived venture initiated in 1755 by the Select Society". The above cited journal corresponds to its third edition - "the best known, longest-lasting, and most influential of the four was the third, which was published regularly from 1802 to 1929."

@KensAudio @wikipedia

A short-lived magazine with similar purposes, Edinburgh Magazine and Review, was published monthly between 1773 and 1776.

The third Edinburgh Review (1802-1929) became one of the most influential British magazines of the 19th century.

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Ah, I thought the numbers referred to issues or editions, not whole incarnations of the publication.
Thanks.