A Collection of the Occasional papers. For the year

All titles

• A Collection of the Occasional papers. For the year
• Occasional papers; Bagwell papers; Occasional paper

People / Organizations

• Anne Dodd I ("printed for")

Imprint

London [England] : printed for J. Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard; J. Harrison under the Royal Exchange; and A. Dodd, without Temple Bar, 1716-[1719]

Added name

Browne, Simon, 1680-1732; Avery, Benjamin, -1764; Grosvenor, B. (Benjamin), 1676-1758

Publication year

1716-1719

ESTC No.

P203

Grub Street ID

55752

Description

3 v. : 8°.

Note

Essays written by a group of seven men: Simon Browne, Benj. Avery, Benj. Grosvenor, Sam. Wright, John Evans, Jabez Earle, Nath. Lardner, and Moses Lowman, whose initials made up the popular nickname of the publication

Each issue has individual title page; issues in v. 1 also have half-titles

Distinctive titles for each issue repeated as running titles

Imprints include year of publication: arabic in v. 1, roman in v. 2-3

Imprints vary; added names include: Em. Matthews, J. Roberts

Monthly issues vary in content; each one is an essay on a single topic, given a distinctive title on both title page and first page of text. Subjects include religion, ethics, politics and the theater. Some issues are devoted to correspondence from readers.

Uncontrolled note

Copy cataloged lacks general title page to v. 3