The traveller; or, A prospect of society
Subtitle: a poem. Containing: a sketch of the manners, of Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland, and Britain. : To which is added True beauty, a matrimonial tale; : likewise The adventures of Tom Dreadnought, who served as a soldier and also as a sailor, in the late war
By: By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [i.e., M.D.?] Author of The vicar of Wakefield, &c
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 10914
Publisher: Printed [by Robert Bell?] for every purchaser.
Published: 1768
Place of publication: [Philadelphia] America
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Poetry
Work titles: Traveller
Notes: "The Traveller" is dedicated to the author's brother, the Rev. Henry Goldsmith. "True beauty" is included in editions of Goldsmith's works under title: The double transformation. "The adventures of Tom Dreadnought" is Goldsmith's Essay no. 24.

This title was advertised in the Pennsylvania chronicle, July 11-18, 1768, as "lately published and to be sold by R. Bell."

Another edition, with identical imprint, has the word "likewise" in a separate line on the title page, and gathering B follows leaf A6. (That edition was issued as part of: Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The poetical works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague ... London [i.e. Philadelphia?], 1769].) In the present edition, the words "True beauty, a matrimonial tale; likewise the" appear in one line, and gathering B is inserted after leaf A3.

Signatures: A⁶(A3 + B6).

Evans 10914

Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2362