Observations on the Spectator
Overview
Paraphrases of and quotations from selected essays between no. 170 and no. 635 from the magazine The Spectator.
Dates
- Creation: before March 12, 1756
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder (1 item) : Unbound; in 2 quires. Unfoliated; 106 leaves.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Covers No. [l70] to no 635; omits many essays.
INCIPIT: Quire 1: "Observations on the 3d Volume of theSpectator. Jealousy is that pain...Quire 2: "No. 411. Our sight is the most perfect..."
ENDS: "... No 635 and the last of his works is an Essay from the Author of the Letter on Novelty, in a former number; the notions of which are drawn from a Platonick way of thinking, but at the same time inspire our minds with noble sentiments of our own future Grandeur & Happiness." "March 12: 1756."
Physical Location
MS P491
Custodial History
Richmond P Bond.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
parcel 9 of the 1977 Bond shipment, June 1976
- Title
- Guide to the Manuscript Notes on the Spectator
- Subtitle
- Observations on the Spectator
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, July 12, 1976. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5870307203
- Preferred citation
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Manuscript Notes on the Spectator , Department of Special Collections, MS P491, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository