The spectator
Subtitle: In eight volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII]
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 5090; Select British classics -- v. 11-18
Publisher: Printed by Tesson and Lee, for Samuel F. Bradford, no. 4, South Third Street, and John Conrad & Co. no. 31, Chesnut Street.
Published: 1803
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Portraits; English literature; Periodicals
Work titles: Spectator (London, England : 1711)
Notes: A reissue of the periodical originally published in 635 numbers from Mar. 1, 1710-11 to Dec. 20, 1714, in London, by Addison, Steele and others.

Each volume has series title page: Select British classics. Vol. XI[-XVIII].

Frontispiece portrait of Joseph Addison in vol. 1 engraved by D. Edwin. Other engravings by Corbould; engraved by Tiebout, J.H. Seymour, S. Seymour, Tanner, J. Akin, Weston.

Some copies of v. 2 evidently issued without the frontispiece.

Imprint varies slightly: some copies of v. 1 have 30 Chesnut Street while others have 31 Chesnut Street. Volumes 2-4, 6-7 have 30 Chesnut Street. Some copies of v. 5 have 30 Chestnut Street while others have 31 Chesnut Street. Vol. 8 Has 31 Chesnut Street.

"H. Maxwell, printer."--colophon of vol. 2. Vol. 3 "Printed by T.L. Plowman." Vol. 5-6 printed by Robert Carr.

Vol. 1: xxiv, [3], 4-373, [15] p., [3] leaves of plates (last page blank); v. 2: 379, [13] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 3: [6], 359, [11] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 4: vii, [2], 10-341, [11] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 5: 328, [8] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 6: 340, [16] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 7: vii, [2], 10-387, [11] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 8: 313, [9] p., [2] leaves of plates.

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 213 misnumbered 113; v. 2, p. 229 misnumberd 922; v. 3, p. 221 misnumbered 223; v. 5, p. 301 misnumbered 30. In some copies of v. 2, p. 307 is misnumbered 306.

Includes indexes.

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Shaw & Shoemaker 5090

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.