The Looker-on [electronic resource] : a periodical paper. By the Rev. Simon Olive-Branch, A.M.

Looker-on (London, England : 1792)

London [England] : printed for T[homas]. and J[ohn]. Egerton, Whitehall, (where letters and other communications to the author are received). . Sold also by J[ohn]. Murray, in Fleet-street, and J. Richardson, Royal Exchange, M.DCC.XCII. [1792-1793]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

86 v. ; 2⁰.

Weekly, 3 Nov. 1792-21 Dec. 1793

Semiweekly, 10 Mar.-2 June 1792

[No. 1 (Saturday, March 10, 1792)-no. 86 (Saturday, December 21, 1793)]

Editor: "the Rev. Simon Olive-Branch" (i.e. William Roberts) et al.
Issued with a general title page.
Below imprint: "Entered at Stationers Hall."
An essay periodical in the Spectator mould on a variety of topics, including politics, religion, women, gaming, biography, advertising signs; includes essays on the Association for Preserving Liberty, some satire and poetry.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

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NCBEL, II:1349
Times handlist, p. 46
Bond & Bond. Tatler, p. 68
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 68
English Short Title Catalog, P2284.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Reprinted numerous times in the 17th and 18th centuries, sometimes with extra numbers; numbers, dates and text on original issues and collected editions do not correspond entirely.

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