Shelfmark
Bdd.2.12
Additional shelfmark
[Another copy:] Ek.2.05(12-200)
Main entry--uniform title
Spectator (London, England). 1711
Title
The spectator. Numb. I. Thursday, March 1. 1711 [- Numb. CCCCXLVII. Saturday, August 2. 1712].
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : printed for Sam. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little Britain; and sold by A[nn]. Baldwin in Warwick-Lane, [1711-1712].
Physical description
447 individual folio leaves in 1v. ; 33cm. (half-sheet.)
Note
Previously Bm.1.13.
Note
Irregularities in numbering occur, but all omissions of a number, except one, are corrected by doubling a later number. No. 607 was omitted without subsequent correction, to make the total number of original issues 635. In the original issues 635 was omitted and the last two were numbered 636. Reprints correct all errors, and a complete set is usually described as "no. 1-635." "Vol. 9th and last, no. 636-695" is a reprint of a different periodical, and has no connection with this publication.
Note
The numbers published in 1714 are called also v. 8, since no. 1-555, 1711-1712 had been reprinted in 7 v., in duodecimo and in octavo, in 1712-1713. "Vol. 8" was first reprinted in 1715.
Note
Publication was evidently suspended between 6 Dec. 1712 and 18 June 1714; issue numbering is continuous.
Note
Caption title.
Note
Below title: "To be continued every day.".
Note
Published three times a week in 1714 and daily, 1711-1714.
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Imprint from colophon; initial year of publication from date of issue.
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Imprint varies: later issues list Charles Lillie and J[acob]. Tonson, booksellers.
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Printed in two columns.
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Includes booksellers advertisements.
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By Steele, Addison, Budgell, and others, 1711-1712; Addison, Budgell, and others, 1714.
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The first series of "The spectator" ran until 6 December. 1712.
Note
Publication details from colophons.
Note
From Numb. XVI, "as also by Charles Lillie" is mostly added to the colophons.
Note
There is no Numb. CLV, but Numb. CLXV is repeated (without affecting the sequence of dates).
Note
?Tax stamp (cropped) on verso of final sheet in vol.
Note
Sheets have apparently been pinned up (cf. hole in top of each sheet).
Citation/references note
NCBEL, II:1272; Times handlist, p. 37; McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714 p. 50-51; ESTC P1724
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. No. 1-555 (1 Mar. 1711-6 Dec. 1712). Woodbridge, Conn. : Research Publications International. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English newspapers; unit 12: reel 596).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. No. 1-621 (1 Mar. 1711-15 Nov. 1714). Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (English literary periodicals; reel 961).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
18th century gold-tooled calf.
Subject
English essays Periodicals Early works to 1800 18th century.
Subject
Manners and customs Periodicals Early works to 1800 18th century England.
Subject
Great Britain Periodicals Early works to 1800 18th century England.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Baldwin, Ann, 1658 - 1713 printer.
Added entry--name
Lillie, Charles bookseller.
Added entry--name
Tonson, Jacob, 1656? - 1736 bookseller.
Added entry--name
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Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B12131