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Early Editions of The
Tatler
by
William B. Todd
The earliest printings of The Tatler, in folio, octavo, and duodecimo, all exhibit numerous undifferentiated editions and, in the course of issue, various textual alterations. Of the original 1709-1711 editions in folio, chance observation has already elicited some comment, one writer noting Steele's own reference to printing on different presses, another remarking two or more variant settings in at least 82 numbers, a third reporting variation after the 117th number.[1] Further examination, here extending to eighteen copies,[2] discloses a situation more remarkable than any yet envisaged, but still amenable to bibliographical analysis. Altogether, as we now may demonstrate, the 271 folio issues reveal three orders of presswork.
Numbers | Settings | ||||
Range | Total | Each no. | Total | Printing | |
(1) | 1-32 | 32 | 2-4 | 76 | Successive, in one shop |
(2) | 33-117 | 85 | 1 | 85 | Single, in one shop |
(3) | 118-271 | 154 | 2 | 308 | Simultaneous, in two shops |
The several variants of folio numbers 1-32 occur in definite patterns of a kind never encountered in simultaneous, but always appearing in successive issues.[3] Obviously with The Tatler, as with other literary periodicals, the demands of later subscribers required later settings, here represented, exclusively, in collections lately assembled. Certain of these subsequent editions may be identified by an advertisement
Once the latest settings are identified all others fall into an inalterable sequence, the earliest A with certain typographical features successively modified to the state represented by later editions B, C, D. Table II illustrates several peculiarities evident in the first four numbers, where in 1-3 a preliminary italic notice on recto occurs in three successive settings, all interrelated with 1-4 imprints on verso in seven different impositions or arrangements of type. The sequence there defined is confirmed and, on the evidence of heading rules, extended in this same Table beyond 32 to invariant settings. From the rules, all of one arrangement until superseded by another, it may be deduced that 1-3 of B edition are coeval with 2-18 of A, 1-3C with 19-29A, and 1-3D with 36-38 or later numbers of the single printing. How much later can be determined, for some editions, again by reference to the hand-star variants previously described, all of which are affiliated with certain others not bearing the advertisement. These affiliations, also noted in Table II, indicate that thirteen of the B editions 15-32, the five C editions 4-18, C edition 32, and D editions 2-3 were issued after number 54, dated 13 August 1709.
The chronology as established for 1-32 is specified in Table III along with a summary record of the points which most easily distinguish the editions. Of first priority, it will be noted, is an original number not in any sequence: an odd circumstance, but one not without
Col. line | 2.12 | 4.19 | 4.45 | 4.75 |
F° (A) | ungraceful | in the | as to make him hope | People of France |
(B) | ungrateful | " " | " " " " | " " " |
(C) | " | on the | " " " " " | " " " |
(D) | " | " " | as to hope | People |
12° (A) | " | in Behalf of the | or make any Hope | People of France |
8° (B) | " | " " " " | or conceive any Hope | " " " |
12° (C) | " | " " " " | " " " " | " " " |
From 33 to 117 the publisher, John Morphew, was able to provide in a single edition sufficient copies for all needs present and prospective. With an ever-increasing circulation, however, he finally realized that, even with a two-day interval between numbers, the press could no longer meet the demand. Thus from 118 to 271 two settings appear, both of simultaneous issue and therefore mixed indiscriminately in all collected series. Since there is no priority of issue (and, as we may determine, no certain order of impression) it will be convenient in Table IV to label as edition A the one typographically equivalent to those earlier printed for Morphew,[5] and as B the alternate setting composed at his direction in another office. Whatever the order of printing, there can be little doubt that the editions come from separate establishments, since all type-matter, even including advertisements at end of text, is invariably of two different settings and never interchanged
Of greater interest, and possibly of greater significance, are those numbers where Steele was allowed copy in time to amend in the later certain misprints occurring in the earlier setting. Twice in errata accounts the author notes that the errors then cited will be found only in the "faulty impression" (or first edition), a setting easily identified as B of 154 and A of 254. At another time, however, he fails to indicate that the correction pertains only to one setting, in this case to B of 166. And on numerous other occasions he neglects to supply errata notices of any kind, though alterations have again been entered only in one of the two settings. Instances of this silent correction appeared immediately in a random collation of two consecutive numbers, both of which, as it happens, also illustrate the variable order of editions.
No. | 190 | No. | 191 | ||
Col. | Editions | Col. | Editions | ||
line | A | B (corrected) | line | B | A (corrected) |
1.16 | on | upon | 2.51 | Artifice | Artifices |
2.43 | me I | me that I | 3.11 | Ornament | Ornaments |
3.58 | Circumference | Circumstance | 3.21 | draw out of | draw of |
3.33 | off the | of the |
The latter expedient, though always followed in times past, is particularly unwise because, as we now discover, both of these formats also exist in variable settings, all with different readings, and none with text in definitive state. The original book edition A doubtless is the 12° with errata lists in all four volumes and bearing a text, as the title declares, "Revised and Corrected by the Author." Most of the errata are corrected in later printings 8° and 12°, and the text further revised, with each edition set from copy of the same format yet incorporating, with some exceptions, amendments in a subsequent setting of another size. From the original printing A derives the octavo "subscription" edition of royal and medium paper issue B1,2: a text which in earliest numbers volumes I-II adopts or further improves 26 readings first introduced in 12° (Table V, order 1222, 1232, 1234), supplies 13 additional readings (1121, 1122, 1123), but fails to transmit 6 others revised in 12° (1211, 1212). These others, all rather insignificant, may represent entries in a 12° proof later than the one used as copy for subsequent editions, or readings entered in good time but deliberately rejected upon second printing and any copy dependent upon this. From the original printing also derives another 12° C, a supplementary issue presenting a text which, among the readings now under inspection, adopts or improves upon 30 entries in 12° A, including 6 not accumulated in 8° B (1222, 1121, 1123, 1212, 1232), incorporates 14 others first entered or reinserted in B (1122, 1211), and further amends a new reading first cited there (1234). Still another supplementary issue D, identical with C except for a resetting of volume I sheets B-F, occasionally in this resetting improves upon accidentals, e.g., at page 2, line 36, in the alteration of "dated from my own Apartment" to "dated, From my own Apartment". Supplementary to 8° B — and of all printings the only ones seemingly unattended by the author[6] —are two later issues each also of two impressions, one with an undifferentiated resetting of volume II and volume I dated 1713 (E1,2), the other with volume II reissued under title also dated 1713 (F1,2). Points distinguishing
Order of publication, as determined from advertisements in the folio Tatlers, confirms the textual relationship just described. Preceding any of the legitimate issues is a pirated two-volume 12° edition,[7] cited on 4 July 1710 in the same notice announcing as of "Monday next," or the 10th, the simultaneous issue of the authentic 12° and 8° (A,B). But where two 8° volumes had been proposed on 31 January, it is now admitted that only the first would appear, the second—according to an announcement of 6 July—"being necessarily defer'd for Want of Paper, which is just come by the Fleet now arriv'd from Holland." This volume B, then promised "in about a Fortnight," actually was delayed until 1 September, and thus follows the second 12° volume A, on ordinary paper, by seven weeks. Though the 12° goes unmentioned in later advertisements, it may be presumed that volumes III and IV in this format were issued, according to original intention, simultaneously with the 8° edition, III of this being announced (in final Tatler number 271) on 2 January 1711, and IV (in Harrison Tatler 316) 17 April 1711. The price of each volume of these several impressions is cited (in Tatler 196) as 2s.6d. for the 12° and (in Spectator 227) as 21s for 8° royal paper, 10s.6d. for 8° medium paper.
With all issues on record, it may be conceded that a definitive edition of The Tatler should take into account every printing except, perhaps, E and F of the collected series, and offer from a conflation of these an eclectic text. A full accounting, as calculated in this final summary, will range for any one number to as many as eight editions, for all numbers to some 1162 settings.
Volume | I | II | III | IV | Total | |||
Numbers | 1-17[8] | 18-32 | 33-50 | 51-114 | 115-117 | 118-189 | 190-271 | |
Total settings each no. | ||||||||
Folio editions A-D | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 469 |
12° issues A,C,D | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 422 |
8° issue B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 271 |
Totals | 6-8 | 5-6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1162 |
Copy | p | n | j | b | g | q | a | h | d | k | m | l | o | c | f | r | e | i |
No. | Settings | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Notes. Aberrant title setting with broken 'e' in 'The' is also found in single edition of nos. 41-42, occasionally in later editions of 2-32, but in conjunction with roman type 'Advertisements' only, as specified in Table, in B setting of nos. 16, 20, 21. All of these occurrences perhaps indicate an alternate setting of heading and/or imprint used when regular type was already at press for another number.
No. | Ed. | Issued[‡] | Variations in text | |||
line 3 | line 7 | 2.cw | ||||
1 | A | 12 | Apr | Main | think: | come |
B | 16 | Apr | Main | think: | ding | |
C | 24 | May | main | think: | ding | |
D | 2 | July | main | think: | ding | |
2.11 | 3.73 | |||||
2 | A | 14 | Apr | Home---- | Molly,---- | |
B | 19 | Apr | Home--- | Molly,---- | ||
C | 24 | May | Home--- | Molly,--- | ||
D | 13 | Aug | Home--- | Molly, | ||
line 3 | 1.1|2 | |||||
3 | A | 16 | Apr | Main | Country| | |
B | 19 | Apr | Main | Country-| | ||
C | 24 | May | main | Country| | ||
D | 13 | Aug | main | Coun-|try | ||
3.last | ||||||
4 | A | 19 | Apr | notice | ||
B | 13 | Aug | Notice | |||
C | 13 | Aug | Notice | [4 from last] | ||
1.1 | 4.penult | |||||
5 | A | 21 | Apr | (out | this | |
B | 24 | May | out | this, | ||
C | 13 | Aug | (out | this, | ||
3.15 | 4.1 | |||||
6 | A | 23 | Apr | Trojans; | Tranquility | |
B | 24 | May | Trojans: | Tranquillity | ||
C | 13 | Aug | Trojans: | Tranquility | ||
4.2|3 | ||||||
7 | A | 26 | Apr | Tran-|quility | ||
B | 2 | July | Tran-|quillity | |||
3.17 | ||||||
8 | A | 28 | Apr | care | ||
B | 18 | June | Care | |||
4.21 | ||||||
9 | A | 30 | Apr | supposed | ||
B | 2 | July | suppos'd | |||
2.19 | ||||||
10 | A | 3 | May | pairing | ||
B | 2 | July | paring | |||
2.2|3 | 4.4 | |||||
11 | A | 5 | May | Greatness| | Wollen | |
B | 24 | May | Great-|ness | Woollen | ||
C | 13 | Aug | Greatness| | Woollen | ||
1.cw. | ||||||
12 | A | 7 | May | [none] | ||
B | 18 | June | Place | |||
1.penult | ||||||
13 | A | 10 | May | Glasses | ||
B | 18 | June | glasses | |||
1.1|2 | ||||||
14 | A | 12 | May | had | appear'd | ||
B | 30 | June | had ap-|pear'd | |||
No. | Ed. | Issued[‡] | Variations in text | |||
2.8|9 | ||||||
15 | A | 14 | May | a Bed-|Side | ||
B | 13 | Aug | a | Bed-Side | |||
2.2|3 | ||||||
16 | A | 17 | May | to come,|As | ||
B | 2 | July | to | come, As | |||
1.8 | ||||||
17 | A | 19 | May | from | ||
B | 13 | Aug | (from | |||
2.20|21 3.1st word | ||||||
18[*] | A | 21 | May | Place,|'tis he | ||
B | 24 | May | Place,|'tis the | |||
C | 13 | Aug | the | Place, the | |||
1.10 | ||||||
19 | A | 24 | May | Derision; | ||
B | 18 | June | Derision: | |||
1.9 | ||||||
20 | A | 26 | May | Brown | ||
B | 2 | July | brown | |||
2.1 | ||||||
21 | A | 28 | May | Comedy | ||
B | 2 | July | Comedy, | |||
4.10|11 | ||||||
22 | A | 31 | May | many | Virgins | ||
B | 13 | Aug | ma-|ny Virgins | |||
2.6|7 | ||||||
23 | A | 2 | June | a-|gainst | ||
B | 13 | Aug | |against | |||
1.6 | ||||||
24 | A | 4 | June | Letter | ||
B | 13 | Aug | Letter, | |||
2.8 | ||||||
25 | A | 7 | June | The Tale | ||
B | 13 | Aug | The Tale | |||
4.10 | ||||||
26 | A | 9 | June | Death: | ||
B | 13 | Aug | Death? | |||
2.1st word | ||||||
27 | A | 11 | June | see | ||
B | 13 | Aug | we | |||
2.cw | ||||||
28 | A | 14 | June | a | ||
B | 13 | Aug | a Man's | |||
2.1st word | ||||||
29 | A | 16 | June | sters | ||
B | 13 | Aug | and | |||
3.13 | ||||||
30 | A | 18 | June | Tender | ||
B | 13 | Aug | tender | |||
2.11 | ||||||
31 | A | 21 | June | perform'd | ||
B | 13 | Aug | performed | |||
1.11 | 1.15 | |||||
32 | A | 23 | June | Norris, Idea's | ||
B | 13 | Aug | Norris Idea's | |||
C | 13 | Aug | Norris, Ideas |
imprint reading, nos. 118-174[*] | TATLER heading, nos.132-271[†] | |||
A Advertisements | 'R' perfect | |||
B Advertisements | 'R' gouged | |||
118 BBBBAA | 149 BBAAAB | 180 ABBBAB | 211 AAABAA | 242 BABBAB |
119 BBAABB | 150 BAABAA | 181 BBABBA | 212 ABAAAA | 243 AABABB |
120 BAABBB | 151 BAABAB | 182 BBBABA | 213 BABBBB | 244 BAABBA |
121 BABBAA | 152 BAABBB | 183 BAABBA | 214 BAABAA | 245 ABBABA |
122 BBBBAB | 153 BAABAA | 184 BABBBA | 215 AAAAAA[‡] | 246 BABABB |
123 ABBBBA | 154 BBAABB | 185 ABAAAB | 216 AABAAB | 247 BABBBA |
124 BAABBB | 155 ABABBB | 186 AAAABA | 217 AABBBA | 248 ABBAAA |
125 BBBABB | 156 AABABA | 187 AAAAAA[‡] | 218 ABBBAA | 249 BBAABB |
126 ABABAA | 157 AAABBB | 188 AABBBA | 219 BABABA | 250 BAAAAB |
127 BABABB | 158 ABABAB | 189 ABBBAA | 220 BBBBBA | 251 BBAAAA |
128 BABAAB | 159 BAAAAA | 190 BBAABA | 221 AAABBA | 252 ABABAA |
129 BAAABA | 160 AAABAB | 191 BBBABA | 222 BABAAA | 253 ABAAAA |
130 AABBBA | 161 BBAAAA | 192 ABAABA | 223 BBAABB | 254 AABBBA |
131 BAABAB | 162 ABBBBA | 193 BBAAAB | 224 ABAAAB | 255 ABABAA |
132 BABABB | 163 AABBBA | 194 AAAABB | 225 BBAABB | 256 BBAABA |
133 BABAAB | 164 ABABBB | 195 AABBAB | 226 AAAAAB | 257 BAAABA |
134 BAAAAB | 165 AAABAA | 196 BBAABB | 227 ABAABB | 258 ABBBAB |
135 BBBBBA | 166 BABBBA | 197 BAABAB | 228 AABABA | 259 BABBBB |
136 ABABBA | 167 BABAAB | 198 BAABAA | 229 AAAABB | 260 ABBBBA |
137 BBAABB | 168 BABABB | 199 BABBAB | 230 BAAAAA | 261 AABAAB |
138 BBBBAB | 169 AABABA | 200 AABBAA | 231 BBAAAA | 262 BBBBAB |
139 AAAABA | 170 BABABB | 201 BABBBB | 232 ABBAAA | 263 ABAABA |
140 ABAAAA | 171 BBBBBB[‡] | 202 AABBAA | 233 BAAAAB | 264 AAABBB |
141 BBAABA | 172 AABBBB | 203 BABABB | 234 ABBBAA | 265 ABAABB |
142 AABBAB | 173 ABABAB | 204 BABBBA | 235 ABABBA | 266 BAABAB |
143 ABBBBA | 174 AABAAA | 205 BABBAA | 236 BABBBA | 267 BBBBBA |
144 ABBBAA | 175 BAAABA | 206 BABABB | 237 BBAAAB | 268 AAABBA |
145 AABBAB | 176 AABBAB | 207 AAAABA | 238 BABABA | 269 BAABBA |
146 ABABAA | 177 BABAAA | 208 BABBBA | 239 BABAAB | 270 ABBABB |
147 BBBABB | 178 ABAAAA | 209 BABABA | 240 AABAAA | 271 AAABBB |
148 BBAABB | 179 AABABB | 210 BABBAA | 241 BABBBA |
Order | Ref. | Readings |
Volume I | ||
1211 | 1.5 | Kinds, they] Kinds, yet they |
1212 | 1.11 | being Persons] being Men |
1234 | 2.7 | It is also resolv'd by me] I have also resolved] I resolve also] |
I resolved also | ||
1121 | 2.9 | taken] invented |
1211 | 2.14 | all Persons] my Readers |
1122 | 2.35 | I shall on any other Subject offer] I have to offer on any other |
Subject | ||
1211 | 2.37 | Reader] Readers |
1122 | 3.13 | Helps] Force |
1122 | 3.17 | not speak of any Think 'till it is pass'd] speak but of few |
Things 'till they are pass'd | ||
1211 | 3.20 | April 7] April 11 |
1122 | 3.33 | he sits] sits |
1122 | 4.4 | Play-house all the Week] Play-house every Night in the Week |
1222 | 4.21 | he's] he is |
1222 | 4.22 | he's] he is |
1222 | 4.23 | The Reader is desir'd . . . in Love.] omit |
1211 | 4.23 | acted] presented |
1222 | 4.30 | Distinction, the] as at that Time; the |
1222 | 4.32 | there appear'd also] it discovered even there |
1222 | 5.2 | Perfection, and there seem'd a peculiar Regard had to their |
Behaviour on this occasion: No one] Perfection; the Actors | ||
were careful of their Carriage, and no one | ||
1222 | 5.5 | Respect had] Respect was had |
1222 | 5.33 | late Favour] Favour |
1222 | 5.36 | may not] should be |
1222 | 6.6 | and is] wherein he is |
1222 | 6.9 | said] say |
1222 | 6.24 | Hand; which] Hand. This |
1222 | 6.30 | who come] that come |
1222 | 6.37 | Prince Eugene was then . . . Seven Vessels.] omit |
1122 | 7.26 | and that not] and not |
1222 | 8.5 | Penetration] Skill |
1222 | 8.15 | Advertisement. A Vindication . . . Year 1709.] omit |
Volume II | ||
1222 | 1.1 | suitable] equal |
1222 | 2.20 | when a] by a |
1122 | 3.1 | and find] and to find |
1121 | 3.5 | the College] his College |
1222 | 3.14 | near] nearly |
1122 | 3.16 | A great deal of good Company] A good Company |
1222 | 3.19 | he presented us with] wherewith he presented us |
1122 | 4.18 | or how] and how |
1222 | 5.18 | Street] Secret |
1222 | 6.18 | a Bar] the Bar |
1222 | 6.30 | which will] that will |
1222 | 6.34 | is said] I said |
1121 | 7.7 | Last Night arrived . . . Common Cause.] omit |
1232 | 7.12 | is arriv'd] was arriv'd] omit |
1123 | 7.14 | taking] omit] making] |
Ia | Ib | Ic | IIa | IIb | IIIa | IIIb | IV | |
1710 | 1710 | 1710 | 1710 | 1710 | 1711 | 1711 | 1711 | |
A | d | d | d | |||||
B | he | 22-2 | 11-3 | 23-5 | 24-1 | 3-5 | 4-5 | |
24-1 | 16-3 | 24-2 | 24-1 | 24-1 | 22-1 | |||
C | B | 36-3 | 46-2 | 25-1 | 45-4 | 28-2 | 45-2 | 45-5 |
46-1 | 46-4 | 46-4 | ____ | 46-1 | 46-4 | |||
D | fr | 52-2 | 70-4 | 70-1 | 69-5 | 52-2 | 70-1 | |
71-5 | 72-4 | 72-1 | 71-5 | 70-5 | 72-2 | |||
E | ng | 95-2 | 93-1 | 94-4 | 93-1 | 94-4 | 82-3 | |
96-4 | 98-5 | 96-1 | 95-2 | 96-3 | 96-4 | |||
F | e | 118-3 | 100-5 | 118-3 | 118-4 | 98-2 | 118-5 | |
_____ | 120-3 | 120-4 | 120-3 | 120-1 | ||||
G | nt | 122-5 | 142-4 | 124-5 | 141-5 | 134-3 | ||
144-4 | 144-3 | 142-5 | 142-2 | 141-2 | ||||
H | ed | 165-5 | 166-4 | 166-4 | 165-5 | 158-5 | ||
166-2 | 168-3 | 168-1 | 166-2 | 168-4 | ||||
I | . | 190-3 | 190-3 | 190-3 | 191-5 | 190-3 | ||
192-5 | 192-4 | 192-3 | 192-4 | 192-2 | ||||
K | e i | 213-5 | 215-3 | 214-4 | 214-2 | 203-5 | ||
216-4 | 216-1 | 216-4 | 205-4 | |||||
L | n | 238-4 | 238-4 | 220-3 | 218-3 | 238-2 | ||
240-5 | 240-3 | 238-4 | 240-5 | 240-1 | ||||
M | ou | 262-2 | 261-3 | 262-3 | 256-3 | 253-3 | ||
264-3 | 262-4 | 264-5 | 262-2 | 262-4 | ||||
N | ou | 286-3 | 287-3 | 280-5 | 278-3 | 275-5 | ||
288-4 | 288-4 | 286-1 | 285-4 | 288-1 | ||||
O | a | 310-5 | 302-3 | 292-2 | 310-2 | 304-2 | ||
312-5 | 312-4 | 302-3 | 312-5 | 310-3 | ||||
P | e | 327-3 | 334-3 | 335-4 | 325-3 | 316-4 | ||
333-3 | 336-4 | 336-2 | 334-4 | 334-5 | ||||
Q | 358-1 | 358-3 | 352-3 | 357-5 | 340-2 | 357-1 | ||
360-2 | 360-4 | 358-4 | 358-1 | 358-4 | 359-2 | |||
R | 364-3 | 374-5 | 364-3 | 382-4 | 381-2 | 374-5 | ||
382-1 | 376-3 | 382-2 | 384-4 | 382-3 | ||||
S | 388-3 | 397-5 | 388-3 | |||||
398-4 | 398-4 |
I | IIa | IIb | III | IV | |
1710 | 1710 | 1710 | 1711 | 1711 | |
A | y, | s | s | m | e |
B | id | 14-2 | he | e o | s |
16-1 | |||||
C | , | 30-2 | rk | Ho | o w |
32-1 | |||||
D | of | 46-2 | s D | V | st |
48-1 | |||||
E | i | 62-1 | r | i | o h |
64-2 | |||||
F | e | 78-1 | at | r | nc |
80-2 | |||||
G | 94-1 | 94-1 | u | n | s, |
96-2 | 96-1 | ||||
H | 110-2 | 110-1 | th | R | E |
112-1 | 112-1 | ||||
I | 126-1 | 126-2 | r | e | ed |
128-2 | 128-1 | ||||
K | 142-1 | 142-2 | s | r | 142-1 |
144-1 | 144-1 | 144-1 | |||
L | 158-2 | 158-2 | e C | ig | 158-2 |
160-1 | 160-1 | 160-2 | |||
M | 174-1 | 174-2 | ms | s s | 174-1 |
176-2 | 176-1 | 176-1 | |||
N | 190-1 | 190-1 | i | n f | 190-1 |
192-1 | 192-2 | 192-1 | |||
O | 206-2 | 206-2 | , a | d s | 207-2 |
208-1 | 208-1 | ||||
P | 222-1 | 222-1 | t | v | 219-2 |
224-2 | 224-2 | 224-1 | |||
Q | 238-2 | 238-2 | y | l o | 238-2 |
240-1 | 240-1 | 240-1 | |||
I | IIa | IIb | III | IV | |
1710 | 1710 | 1710 | 1711 | 1711 | |
R | 254-1 | 254-1 | m | ho | 254-1 |
256-2 | 256-2 | 256-2 | |||
S | 270-1 | 270-1 | s | n | 270-1 |
272-2 | 272-2 | 272-2 | |||
T | 286-2 | 286-1 | o | st | 284-2 |
288-1 | 288-1 | 286-1 | |||
U | 302-1 | 302-1 | m | g I | 302-2 |
304-1 | 304-1 | 304-1 | |||
X | 318-1 | 318-1 | n | s w | 318-2 |
320-2 | 320-1 | 320-1 | |||
Y | 334-2 | wn | e | wh | 334-1 |
336-1 | 336-2 | ||||
Z | 350-1 | , C | , C | e d | 350-2 |
352-1 | 352-1 | ||||
2A | 366-2 | I | . I | o | 367-2 |
368-1 | |||||
2B | 382-2 | h | he | d w | 382-1 |
384-1 | 384-2 | ||||
2C | 398-2 | w | n | e E | 396-2 |
400-1 | 398-1 | ||||
2D | g | ei | d | 413-2 | |
415-1 | |||||
2E | t | p | ec | 431-2 | |
432-1 | |||||
2F | m | me | he | 445-2 | |
446-1 | |||||
2G | . | Mi | s o | 460-1 | |
463-2 | |||||
2H | g t | t b | |||
2I | e |
notes
F.W. Bateson, RES, V (1929), 155-166; Graham Pollard, The Library, 4th ser., XXII (1941), 121; Todd, ibid., 5th ser., X (1955), 49-50.
To Professor Richmond P. Bond I am greatly indebted for microfilms of folio sets j-m and for a detailed account of the 8° and 12° editions in the British Museum, the Bodleian Lbrary, and his personal collection. Without these and other encouragements it is doubtful whether I should ever have concluded the "further investigation" I had some years ago invited others to pursue.
Among the Tatlers the original edition of numbers 2 and 3, though long anticipated from certain peculiarities in 4, did not appear before the 10th copy examined (j), the original setting of 1 not before the 16th (p) and then only in an odd lot assembled from various sources. Among early numbers of the Gentleman's Magazine, also at first 'Printed for the Author', the original issue of March 1731 occurs only in five of the 36 sets I have inspected, the issue for February only in one, the issue for January not at all.
On 2 May 1710 John Nutt, the first printer, entered in the Stationers' Register his copyright to all issues, folio, octavo, and duodecimo. This notice, supplied over a year after original issue of number 1, doubtless was prompted either by the folio reprinting begun in Edinburgh 13 February, or by the pending book edition which Hills issued before 4 July.
Through the first number the later 8° exactly reprints B except for the accidental omission at 7.12 of the "s" in "Preparations".
This uncommon edition, issued by Henry Hills, reprints folios 1-100. The piracy is represented at the University of Texas, the Bodleian Library, and in Professor Bond's collection.
Edition 'A' issued as dated; editions B-D, though bearing same date, from evidence of Table II issued on or after date now assigned.
In the continuation bearing Morphew imprint the combined number 272-273 also was issued in two setting A and B, numbers 274-330 only in A.
The alternate setting not represented in these numbers will be found, A171 in Texas copy i, B187 and 215 in Harvard copy f.
Vol. I page 368, originally misnumbered 863, is corrected in some copies of royal and all copies of medium paper impression; one or more of figures 96-2, 112-1, 128-2, 190-1 dropped in later copies of medium; vol. II page 96 figure 1 altered to 2 in some copies of royal and all copies of medium; vol. IV 284-2 added after early copies of royal.
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