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The traveller : or, A prospect of society, 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 sailor, in the late war. By Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. [i.e., M.D.?] Author of The vicar of Wakefield, &c.

Author/creator Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
Other author/creatorGoldsmith, Henry, dedicatee.
Other author/creatorBell, Robert, 1732?-1784 printer.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Philadelphia] America : Printed [by Robert Bell?] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Description24 pages ; 12⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
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General note"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.
General noteThis 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.
General noteReproduction of original from British Library.
References Evans, 10914
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2362
References English Short Title Catalog, W29874.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formPoems 1768.

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