Shelfmark
Fk.2.05(245-249)
Author
Title
The examiner.
Varying form of title
Whig examiner
Varying form of title
Whigg examiner
Varying form of title
Miscellan Spectator &c
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : sold by A. Baldwin in Warwick-lane, [1710].
Physical description
5v ; 34cm. (half-sheet.)
Note
Numb. 1 (Thursday, September 14. 1710.)-numb. 5. (Thursday, October 12. 1710.).
Note
Published weekly.
Note
Anonymous. By Joseph Addison.
Note
Title from caption.
Note
Imprint from colophon; imprints lack date.
Note
Year of publication from dates of issues.
Note
Intended as a hostile response to the original Tory aminerbegun by Henry St.John and his associates and originally edited by William King. The magazine changed its name with the second issue: "for the Examiner read the Whigg Examiner.".
Note
No more published.
Note
Reprinted 1712 and 1789.
Citation/references note
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 14-15; NCBEL, II:1272; McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory 1702-1714, p. 59; Crane & Kaye, 955; ESTC P6387
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Binding
Half brown calf; 18th-century? red and blue marbled paper covered boards; spine title: Miscellan Spectators &c.
Copy-specific note
Previously: Dm.2.5.
Copy-specific note
Bound with 300 other items.
Copy-specific note
Ms. contents list on flyleaf.
Subject
Journalism Political aspects Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain History Periodicals Early works to 1800 1702-1714.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government Periodicals Early works to 1800 1702-1714.
Added entry--name
Baldwin, Ann, 1658 - 1713 printer.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B20142