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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 a 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.
Format Book and Microform
Publication Info[Philadelphia] America : Printed [by Robert Bell?] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Description24 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)
Uniform titleTraveller
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10914
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10914. ^A478749
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."
General noteAnother 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 noteSignatures: A⁶(A3 + B6).
References Evans 10914
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2362
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10914).
Genre/formPoems 1768.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 10914 ✔ Available