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

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/creator	Goldsmith, Henry, dedicatee.
Format	Book and Microform
Publication Info	[Philadelphia] America : Printed [by Robert Bell?] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]
Description	24 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)	Europe--Description and travel --Poetry.

Uniform title	Traveller
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 note	This title was advertised in the Pennsylvania chronicle, July 11-18, 1768, as "lately published and to be sold by R. Bell."
General note	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 note	Signatures: A⁶(A3 + B6).
References	Evans 10914
References	Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2362
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10914).
Genre/form	Poems 1768.

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	NC Microfiche	MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 10914	✔ Available