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Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
Founding of the Society
Year
Authority / Notes
1754
According to its website, this Society was founded in 1754 by William Shipley in London as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Seat of the Society
City
Authority / Notes
London
England
This location is supported by its website.
Name of the Society
Dates
Name
Authority
1754 - 1852 Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce Its website gives this as the name in 1754; its publications establish this name for 1763-1766 and 1845-1852.
1783 - 1843 Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Its publications.
1851 Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Its publications.
1852 - 1908 Society of Arts Its publications.
1908 - 1987 Royal Society of Arts Its publications.
1987 - Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Its publications.
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) Website = http://www.rsa.org.uk/
Journals of the Society
Years
Full Journal Title
Abbrev.
Indexed
1763 - 1766
(v.1 - v.6)
 
A
Museum Rusticum et Commerciale: or, Select papers on agriculture, commerce, arts, and manufactures. : Drawn from experience, / and communicated by gentlemen engaged in these pursuits. Revised and digested by several members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
A record in Brown Univ. cat. gives the title above, and indicates that this was a periodical, issued in 33 parts numbered consecutively, dated: For September, 1763 - For September 1765; For October and November, 1765; and For December, 1765 - For June, 1766. The 33 parts were disposed as follows: Volumes 1, 4 and 6 with 6 parts each, v. 2, 3, and 5 with 5 parts each. The record gives the title page dates as 1764 (v. 1-2); 1765 (v. 3-5); 1766 (v. 6), and indicates that this is the third edition, revised and corrected, but has a 1764 date for v.1 not 1766 as in other copies of the third edition.
A record in the Nat. Lib. Scotland cat. lists a second edition indicating that Vols. 1-2 are dated 1764; vols. 3-5 1765 and vol. 6 1766 and notes that the set is comprised of monthly issues from September 1763 to June 1766 with collective titlepages, contents lists and indices. This record gives the title Museum rusticum et commerciale: or, select papers on agriculture, commerce, arts, and manufactures. Drawn from experience, and communicated by gentlemen engaged in these pursuits..
In part translated into German by B.
[Brown Univ. cat.; Nat. Lib. Scotland cat.]
Mus. Rust.
[Man, Vol. 60 (Jul., 1960), p.108 cites 1764, Vol. I, Vol. II (1764), Vol. III (1765), and Vol. IV (1766).]
 
1764 - 1769[?]
(1. - 10.)
 
B
Mvsevm rvsticvm [museum rusticum] et commerciale, oder auserlesene Schriften, den Ackerbau, die Handlung, die Künste und Manufacturen betreffend : aus der Erfahrung genommen, und von verschiedenen in diesen Verrichtungen geübten Männern mitgetheilet, von einigen Mitgliedern der Gesellschaft zur Aufmunterung der Künste, Manufacturen und Handlung aber durchgesehen und herausgegeben ; aus dem englischen übersetzt und mit einigen Anmerkungen begleitet
A translation into German of A.
[Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)]
 
 
1768 - 1782
(Vol.1 - Vol.3)
 
X
Memoirs of Agriculture, and Other Oeconomical Arts / By Robert Dossie
Vol.2 is dated 1771, and vol.3 1782 with the imprint: "printed for C. Nourse". According to the record in the Oxford Univ. cat., "The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, will occasionally publish in this work such pieces as they shall think proper to lay before the public".
[Oxford Univ. cat.]
Memoirs of Agriculture by Dossie
[Reuss, v.2, p.36 cites Vol.3.]
Reuss
1783 - 1843
(v.1 - v.54)
 
C
Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Continued by D.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
Tr. of the Soc. for the Encourag. of Arts
[Reuss, v.6, p.8 cites Vol.21.]
Trans. of the Soc. of Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 18 (1869 - 1870), p.iv cites vol. xxvii. 1809.]
Trans. Soc. Arts
[Phil. Trans., Vol. 116 (1826), p.241 cites XLI.]
Trans. Society of Arts
[Notes Rec. Roy. Soc., Vol. 27, No. 2 (Feb., 1973), p.247 cites circa 1826.]
Transact. of the Soc. for the Encourag. of arts
[Reuss, v.4, p.73 cites Vol.1.]
Transact. of the Soc. for the Encourag. of Arts, Manufact. —
[Reuss, v.16, p.69 cites Vol.35.]
Transact. of the Soc. for the Encouragement of arts
[Reuss, v.3, p.68 cites Vol.6.]
Reuss
1845 - 1852
(v.55 - v.56)
 
D
Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
The record in the Princeton Univ. cat. indicates that vol. 56 was called also Supplemental volume.
Continues C. Continued by E.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
 
 
1851
(v.57)
 
E
Transactions of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Continues D.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
 
 
1852, Nov. 26 - 1908, Jan. 24
(Vol.1, no.1 - v.56, no.2,879)
 
F
Journal of the Society of Arts
Continued by G.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
J.S. Arts
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Apr., 1899), p.453 cites 47 (1898).]
J. of the Soc. of Arts
[Brit. J. Educ. Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Feb., 1972), p.42 cites 1, 1852-3.]
J. of the Society of Arts
[Brit. J. Educ. Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Feb., 1972), p.40 cites 1, 1852-3.]
J. S. Arts
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Mar., 1894), p.252 cites 42 (1894).]
J. Soc. Arts
[Poole, v.3, p.vii]
J. Soc. Arts
[Man, Vol. 61 (Jan., 1961), p.18 cites Vol. XLV (1897).]
J. Soc. Arts, Lond.
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul., 1895) p.306 cites 1894-5, xliii.]
J. Society of Arts
[Phil. Trans., A Vol. 208 (1908), p.475 cites 1885.]
Jl R. Soc. Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., A Vol. 393, No. 1805 (Jun. 8, 1984), p.213 cites 29, 1881.]
Jl. Soc. Arts
[Trans. Instit Brit. Geog., New Series, Vol. 2, No. 3, (1977), p.387 cites 14 (1865).]
Jnl. Soc. Arts
[Econ. Hist. Rev., New Series, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Nov., 1975), p.625 cites XXIX (1881).]
Jour. of the Soc. of Arts
[Bull. Am. Geog. Soc., Vol. 40, No. 1 (1908), p.22 cites No. 2822.]
Jour. of the Society of Arts
[J. African Hist., Vol. 30, No. 2 (1989), p.230 cites XXIII (1875).]
Jour. Soc. Arts
[American Anthropologist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan., 1888), p.50 cites XXXV.]
Jour. Soc. of Arts
[Scientific Monthly, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Sep., 1943), p.250 cites 1886, vol. 34.]
Journ. of the Soc. of Arts
[Arch. Musikwiss., 5. Jahrg., H. 3. (May, 1904), p.381 cites XXXIII. 1885.]
Journ. of the Society of Arts
[Arch. Musikwiss., 3. Jahrg., H. 3. (Jul., 1921), p.250 cites 1885, vol. XXXIII.]
Journ. Soc. Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 53 (1893), p.35 cites 1893.]
Journ. Soc. of Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., Vol. 51 (1892), p.233 cites 1884.]
Journal Soc. of Arts
[Phil. Trans., A Vol. 204 (1905), p.407 cites vol. 37, 1889.]
Soc. Arts Journ.
[Phil. Trans., A Vol. 179 (1888), p.343 cites vol. 32, 1884.]
Poole
1908, Jan.31 - 1987, Nov.
(Vol.56, no.2,880 - v.135, no.5376)
 
G
Journal of the Royal Society of Arts
From 1987, May, the title was also given as Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Journal.
Continues F. Continued by H.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
J.R.S. Arts
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 40, No. 2 (Aug., 1912), p.230 cites 60 (1912).]
J. R. Soc. Arts
[J. Roy. Stat. Soc., Vol. 125, No. 3 (1962), p.416 cites 104 (1958), 108 (1960), and 109 (1961).]
J. R. Soc. of Arts
[Geografiska Annaler, Vol. 1 (1919), p.273 cites 1911.]
J. Roy. Soc. Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., A Vol. 135, No. 827 (Mar. 1, 1932), p.410 cites vol. 76 (1928).]
J. Roy. Soc. of Arts
[J. Roy. Stat. Soc., A Vol. 122, No. 4 (1959), p.476 cites (4929), 102, (1954).]
J. Royal Soc. Arts
[American Statistician, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr., 1948), p.17 cites vol. xci, 1943.]
J. Royal Society of Arts
[J. Roy. African Soc., Vol. 41, No. 164 (Jul., 1942), p.211 cites 90, 4608, 1942.]
Jl R. Soc. Arts
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 137, No. 3 (Sep., 1971), p.328 cites 106, 1958.]
Jl. R. Society of Arts
[J. Roy. African Soc., Vol. 43, No. 173 (Oct., 1944), p.190 cites Vol. XCII, No. 4664, 1944.]
Jnl. R. Soc. Arts
[Econ. Hist. Rev., New Series, Vol. 26, No. 2 (1973), p.301 cites CXIX.]
Jour. of Roy. Soc. of Arts, London
[Biometrika, Vol. 9, No. 1/2 (Mar., 1913), p.147 cites Vol. LIX, 1911.]
Jour. Roy. Soc. of Arts
[Burlington Mag. Connois., Vol. 57, No. 328 (Jul., 1930), p.37 cites LXIII, 1914.]
Jour. Royal Soc. Arts
[Am. Hist. Rev., Vol. 51, No. 1 (Oct., 1945), p.161 cites 1945.]
Jour. Royal Soc. of Arts
[Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jun., 1928), p.378 cites 1928.]
Journ. R. Soc. Arts
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 106, No. 1/2 (Jul. - Aug., 1945), p.81 cites 92 (1945).]
Journ. R. Soc. of Arts
[J. Hellenic Studies, Vol. 31 (1911), p.lxxiii cites 1910.]
Journ. R. Society of Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., B Vol. 95, No. 671 (Jan. 1, 1924), p. liii cites 1915.]
Journ. Roy. Soc. Arts
[Man, Vol. 15 (1915), p.192 cites LVIII, 1910.]
Journ. Roy. Soc. of Arts
[Geographical Review, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Sep., 1917), p.234 cites No. 3345, Vol. 65, 1916.]
Journ. Royal Soc. Arts
[Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 4, No. 4 (Dec., 1914), p.1017 cites No. 3197, 1914.]
Journ. Royal Soc. of Arts
[Geographical Review, Vol. 2, No. 5 (Nov., 1916), p.396 cites No. 3246, Vol. 63, 1915.]
Journ. Soc. Arts
[Proc. Roy. Soc., A Vol. 89, No. 612 (Jan. 1, 1914), p.428 cites 1912.]
Journ. Soc. of Arts
[Am. Econ. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep., 1912), p.737 cites 1911.]
R. Soc. Arts J.
[Geographical Journal, Vol. 127, No. 3 (Sep., 1961), p.309 cites 108, 1960.]
R. Soc. Arts Jnl.
[Econ. Hist. Rev., New Series, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Nov., 1975), p.670 cites CXXII.]
Roy Soc Arts J
[J. Soc. Archit. Historians, Vol. 1, No. 3/4, (Jul. - Oct., 1941), p.59 cites v 89, 1941.]
 
1987, Dec. -
(Vol.136, no.5377 - )
 
H
RSA journal
This journal had other titles: RSA : the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce Journal, and also R.S.A. Journal.
Continues G.
[Princeton Univ. cat.]
 
 

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