Fm.6.09(13)
The Sailors advocate. To be continued..
London: : Printed for H. Whitridge, under the Royal-Exchange; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, and by the book-sellers of London and Westminster, and the principal towns in Great-Britain., [1728]
4 v. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Title repeated as caption on no. 1 only; later numbers lack caption titles.
No. 2 has half title, with issue no.
Imprint of no. 1 lacks date; imprint of no. 2 dated: 1728.
Imprints vary; no. 2 has imprint reading in part: "printed for A. Moore"; the imprint name is fictitious.
Below imprint in square brackets: Price six pence.
Issue number for no. 1 taken from head of A2; later issue numbers on title pages, repeated at head of first page of text.
Issues have individual pagination and signatures.
Includes essays and commentary against pressing and mistreating sailors as damaging to the strength, capability and prestige of the Royal Navy and the merchant service. No. 2 includes reprint of 1707 pamphlet: "An enquiry into the causes of our naval miscarriages."
ESTC, P2832
Goldsmith's lib. cat., 37719
Hanson, 3852
Sabin, 74972
Treadwell, M. "Of false and misleading imprints," in: Fakes and frauds (1989), p. 41
First issue lacks title page designation.
Issues lack chronological designation.
No more published.
No. 1 and 4 have appendices.
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington inside back cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
18th century quarter binding; four raised bands; gilt spine title in gold-tooled triple-fillet frame: "Miscellanies on baptism &c."; marbled paper sides; blue and white endbands; endleaves; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Bound in a volume of pamphlets. Ms. contents list on front flyleaf: "In this volume are contained ..."
Previous shelfmark: Do.6.09.
Sailors England Periodicals Early works to 1800.
Impressment England Early works to 1800.
Merchant marine Manning of vessels.
Naval deserters England Early works to 1800.
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Whitridge, Henry publisher.
Roberts, James, 1668 or 9 - 1754 bookseller.
Enquiry into the causes of our naval miscarriages
England London.
B47243