About the Journal
The South African Quarterly Journal was published by the South African Literary and Scientific Institution, which was formed through the amalgamation of the South African Institution (founded in August 1829) and the earlier South African Literary Society.
Publication period: First series commenced February 1830; includes at least five numbers in the first series and four quarterly numbers in a second series (1833-1835).
- Notes on the publication dates of the series:
- 1st Series - Volume 1, numbers 1-5, October 1829 - October 1831
- 2nd Series - Volume 2, numbers 1-4, October 1833 - September 1835
- 3rd Series - Volume 3, number 1, December 1836
The journal was published in Cape Town in the early colonial period of the Cape Colony.
Current Issue
The second volume of the South African Quarterly Journal, edited at The South African Literary and Scientific Institution, printed at the 'Albion Press,’ Grave-street; and published by A.S. Robertson, Shortmarket Street and J.M. Richardson, 23, Cornhill, London.
