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The bee : a select collection of essays on the most interesting and entertaining subjects

[Oliver] Goldsmith, The Bee, a Select Collection of Essays, on the Most Interesting and Entertaining Subjects (new edition) (London: Printed for W[illiam] Lane, Leadenhall Street, c. 1790; OCLC 23028200 ). A collection of Oliver Goldsmith 's essays originally published in the magazine The Bee in 1759. Source: Google Books ( https://books.google.com/books?id=ir5lLtrIZs4C&printsec=frontcover ). · [4], 252 pages ; 18 cm (8vo.) · Engraved title page with vignette · "Price 3 shillings." · Approximate date from NUC pre-1956; cf. below · Signatures: [A]²( -A2)--B-Q⁸ R⁶ · Table of contents: [2] pages following t.p · Woodcuts: ornamental initials, head- and tail-pieces · "A reissue of the sheets of the 1759 ed."--NUC · LMU copy has initial capital on p. 1 printed within a border of angels; line 15 of p. 3 has spelling of Charteris; tail-piece on p. 20 depicts 3 vases of flowers · Printing errors: p. 236 incorrectly numbered 36. Catchword on p. 80 misprinted "some" for "on". Words "Sphineter. In order to fix its" incorrectly duplicated on first line of p. 113 from last line on p. 112 · Cf. Scott, Temple. Oliver Goldsmith, p. 62-63 · John J. Doran Collection, 1996.9.86

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