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.

People / Organizations

• Oliver Goldsmith (Author)

Imprint

[Philadelphia] America: Printed [by Robert Bell?] for every purchaser, MDCCLXVIII. [1768]

Added name

Goldsmith, Henry, dedicatee. Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.

Publication year

1768

ESTC No.

W29875

Grub Street ID

340174

Description

24p. ; 12⁰

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.

Issued with: Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The poetical works of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague .. London [i.e. Philadelphia?], 1769. Also issued separately? - This title was advertised in the Pennsylvania chronicle, July 11-18, 1768, as "lately published and t be sold by R. Bell." - Another edition, with identical imprint, has the words "True beauty, a matriomonial tale; likewise the" in a single line on the title page, and gathering B is inserted after leaf A3. In the present edition "Likewise," appears in a separate line on the title page, and gathering B follows leaf A6.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: A-B?