| Uniform title | Tatler (London, England : 1709) |
| Variant title |
Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff |
| Variant title |
Tatler |
| Caption title |
Tatler |
| General note | 'Isaac Bickerstaff'= Richard Steele and Joseph Addison. |
| General note | Dedication to Mr. Maynwaring in v. 1 signed: "Isaac Bickerstaff". Steele signed second and third dedications in v. 2, which "belongs to the third [and fourth] volume of Tatlers in octavo". |
| General note | Individual issues have caption titles. |
| General note | Individual numbers have colophons reading: "Sold by John Morphew", without date or place of publication. |
| General note | Issue dates given according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | Imprint may vary; some title pages read: "by J. Morphew"; individual issues also exist in several states, some lacking colophons. |
| General note | At foot of vol. II title page: "Note, the bookbinder is desired to place the index after Tatler, no. 271. which ends the second volume in folio." |
| General note | Essays on manners, politics, social life, philosopy; the Tatler was wildly popular in its day and the collection was reprinted several times during the 18th century. Continuations by others were less successful, but were frequently reissued with the originals. |
| General note | The collected issues have appeared in several states; some volumes include the continuation issues. No. 272 (6 Jan. 1711) was published by John Morphew who carried the series to no. 330 (19 May 1711) with the editorial assistance of William Harrison; these numbers were later advertised as reprinted, but no copies are known (cf. Post Boy #2587, 8/11 Dec. 1712). John Baker undertook to publish his own no. 272-273, but did not continue. Mrs. Ann Baldwin issued a series of her own, assisted initially by Harrison before he went to work with Morphew; at least one issue is partially credited to Swift (cf. BL cat.); her effort lasted for seven issues, no. 1-6 (13-30 Jan. 1711), and one final unnumbered issue: 6 Feb. 1711 (cf. McLeod). |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
| References |
NCBEL, II: 1269-1271 |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1321 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 36 |
| References |
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 52-54 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP1918. |
| Special numbering | Cumulation somewhat irregular; first vol. includes issues from Apr.-Dec. 1709; v.2 includes issues from Jan. 1710 to Jan. 1711. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
| Indexes |
Each volume has subject index. |
| Title history note | Collects, with added prefatory material, original folio issues of: The Tatler ([no.1-271] 1709-1711). |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |
