The Parrot. [electronic resource] : With a Compendium of the times. By the authors of the Female spectator.
1746
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The Parrot. [electronic resource] : With a Compendium of the times. By the authors of the Female spectator.
Uniform Title
Parrot. (London, England : 1746).
Variant Title
Caption and running title: The Parrot
Publication Details
London [England] : printed and published by T. Gardner, at Cowley's-Head, opposite St. Clement's-Church in the Strand, M,DCC,XLVI. [1746]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
9 v. ; 8⁰.
Frequency
Weekly
Publication Coverage
No. I. [Saturday, Aug. 2, 1746.]-no. IX. [Saturday, Oct. 4, 1746.].
Note
'Authors of the Female spectator' = Eliza Haywood, possibly with other contributors to that publication.
Title and imprint from collective title page; individual numbers lack title pages and imprints.
Numbers 1-5 and 9 issued with separately titled section: 'A Compendium of the times'.
With title page vignette and ornamental headpieces above caption titles.
Unpaginated; signatures continuous in The Parrot: A⁴-P⁴; 'A Compendium' no. 1-5 signed separately and irregularly; the last number of 'A Compendium' signed: A⁴.
Essays on conduct and morals, presented as anecdotes and letters from imaginary correspondents. The attached 'Compendium' gives a gossipy and personalized account of current events in Europe, with the last one describing the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart from Scotlan and the arrest and trial of principal actors in the rebellion of 1745.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Title and imprint from collective title page; individual numbers lack title pages and imprints.
Numbers 1-5 and 9 issued with separately titled section: 'A Compendium of the times'.
With title page vignette and ornamental headpieces above caption titles.
Unpaginated; signatures continuous in The Parrot: A⁴-P⁴; 'A Compendium' no. 1-5 signed separately and irregularly; the last number of 'A Compendium' signed: A⁴.
Essays on conduct and morals, presented as anecdotes and letters from imaginary correspondents. The attached 'Compendium' gives a gossipy and personalized account of current events in Europe, with the last one describing the escape of Prince Charles Edward Stuart from Scotlan and the arrest and trial of principal actors in the rebellion of 1745.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1332
Times handlist, p. 41
Crane & Kaye, 686
English Short Title Catalog, P2661.
Times handlist, p. 41
Crane & Kaye, 686
English Short Title Catalog, P2661.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Linking Note
Collected issues of: The Parrot, originally issued weekly: London, 1746.
Added Author
Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.
Includes
Compendium of the times. No. I-[VI].
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