The wandring spy: or, The merry observator. Consisting of the following familiar poems, viz. I. The compleat vintner. II. The merry travellers. III. The return from Bromley. IV. The Southwark election. V. The parish guttlers. VI. The Garden-House intrigue. VII. The dancing devils, or, The roaring dragon, &c. Being the 6th vol. of Miscellanies by Ed. Ward

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  • The wandring spy: or, The merry observator. Consisting of the following familiar poems, viz. I. The compleat vintner. II. The merry travellers. III. The return from Bromley. IV. The Southwark election. V. The parish guttlers. VI. The Garden-House intrigue. VII. The dancing devils, or, The roaring dragon, &c. Being the 6th vol. of Miscellanies by Ed. Ward
  • Merry observator
People / Organizations
Imprint
London : Printed for the author, and sold by A. Bettesworth at the Red-Lion in Paternoster-Row, MDCCXXIV. [1724]
Added name
Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Delights of the bottle.; Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Merry travellers.; Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Contending candidates.; Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Parish gutt'lers.; Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Northern cuckold.; Ward, Edward, 1667-1731. Dancing devils.; Sympson, Joseph, -1736, engraver.; Bettesworth, Arthur, -1739, bookseller.
Publication year
1724
ESTC No.
T64898
Grub Street ID
289835
Description
[2]; 54, [2]; [2], 78; [2], 3, 6-71, [1]; 40; 64; [2], 28 ; 70 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 8°.
Note
Each of the seven parts has separate title page, pagination and register

The parts are: 'The delights of the bottle or, The compleat vintner', "printed by W. Downing", 1720; 'The merry travellers: or, A trip upon ten-toes, from Moorfields to Bromley, second edition, 1724; 'The wand'ring spy: or, The merry travellers' to which is added 'The contending candidates ... and other comical humours of the late Southwark election', 1722; 'The parish gutt'lers: or, The humours of a select vestry', 1722; 'The northern cuckold: or, The gardenhouse intrigue', 1722; and 'The dancing devils: or, The roaring dragon', 1724

Below imprint on title page: Price 5s. Where most of the same author's writings are also to be had

Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; woodcut factotum; woodcut initials

Frontispiece is signed: J. Sympson, Junr. sculp. aeta 14

Signatures: [pi]1 A-G]4; A-K]4; A-I]4; A-E]4; A-H]4; A-G]4I]4(-I4).
Uncontrolled note
'The wand'ring spy' and 'The northern cuckold' in BL copy without tps