The Parrot. With a Compendium of the times. By the authors of the Female spectator

All titles

• The Parrot. With a Compendium of the times. By the authors of the Female spectator
• Parrot. (London, England : 1746).
• The Parrot
• Compendium of the times. No. I-[VI].

People / Organizations

• Eliza Haywood (Author)
• Thomas Gardner ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London [England] : printed and published by T. Gardner, at Cowley's-Head, opposite St. Clement's-Church in the Strand, M,DCC,XLVI. [1746]

Added name

Haywood, Eliza Fowler, 1693?-1756.

Publication year

1746

ESTC No.

P2661

Grub Street ID

56293

Description

9 v. ; 8°.

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: A]4-P]4; 'A Compendium' no. 1-5 signed separately and irregularly; the last number of 'A Compendium' signed: A]4

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.