| Uniform title | Observator (London, England : 1702) |
| Frequency | Semiweekly, 23 May 1702- |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Local note | Reproduced from source library: v. 6, no. 99, Saturday-Wednesday, February 7-11, 1708 ; v. 7, no. 7, Saturday-Wednesday, March 6-10, 1708 ; v. 10, no. 12, Wednesday-Saturday, February 7-10, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 45, Saturday-Wednesday, June 2-6, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 46, Wednesday-Saturday, June 6-9, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 47, Saturday-Wednesday, June 9-13, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 75, Saturday-Wednesday, September 15-19, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 77, Saturday-Wednesday, September 22-26, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 78, Wednesday-Saturday, September 26-29, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 82, Wednesday-Saturday, October 10-13, 1711 ; v. 10, no. 88, Wednesday-Saturday, October 31-November 3, 1711. |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Local note | Library has: issue 1 (Apr. 1, 1702)-issue 100 (Apr. 7, 1703) ; v. 2, issue 1 (Apr. 10, 1703)-v. 2, issue 31 (July 24, 1703) ; issue 32 (July 28, 1703) ; v. 2, issue 33 (July 31, 1703)-v. 2, issue 53 (Oct. 9, 1703) ; v. 2, issue 57 (Oct. 23, 1703)-v. 2, issue 76 (Dec. 29, 1703) ; v. 2, issue 79 (Jan. 8, 1704)-v. 2, issue 94 (Mar. 1, 1704) ; v. 3, issue 1 (Mar. 25, 1704) ; v. 3, issue 39 (Aug. 5, 1704) ; v. 3, issue 65 (Nov. 1, 1704)-v. 3, issue 68 (Dec. 9, 1704) ; v. 3, issue 70 (Dec. 16, 1704)-v. 3, issue 81 (Jan. 24, 1705) ; v. 3, issue 83 (Jan. 31, 1705)-v. 3, issue 95 (Mar. 14, 1705) ; v. 3, issue 97 (Mar. 21, 1705)-v. 3, issue 100 (Mar. 31, 1705) ; v. 4, issue 2 (Apr. 7, 1705)-v. 4, issue 5 (Apr. 18, 1705) ; v. 4, issue 7 (Apr. 25, 1705)-v. 4, issue 15 (May 23, 1705) ; v. 4, issue 17 (May 30, 1705)-v. 4, issue 19 (June 6, 1705) ; v. 4, issue 21 (June 13, 1705). |
| General note | Description based on: [Vol. I] Numb. 1. (Wednesday, April 1. 1702.); title from caption. |
| General note | Edited from 1702 until his death in 1707 by John Tutchin, the newspaper was taken over by George Ridpath from 1709 until 1712. Daniel Defoe's name is sometimes associated with its publication after 1707 (compare McLeod). |
| General note | Every hundred numbers collected with an added title page, in the form 'The ... volume of Observators', with preface and contents. |
| General note | Imprint from colophon. |
| General note | Imprint names and addresses vary. |
| General note | Latest issue consulted: Vol. XI. Numb. 60. [id est numbers 61] (From Saturday, July 26. to Wednesday, July 30. 1712.). |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Some imprints include year of publication (numbers 1-5 incorrectly dated 1703 or 1704); other dates are taken from dates of issue; some dates given according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | The first volume of observators (1703) included a separately published pamphlet by John Tutchin: A vindication of the Observator, in answer to a scandalous libel, lately printed, called, The Observator observ'd. |
| References |
Bodleian newspapers, p. 115 |
| References |
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 38-39 |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1343 |
| References |
Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 185 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 35 |
| Special numbering | Occasional issues lack volume numbering. |
| Special numbering | Vol. XI. Numb. 60 repeated in numbering. |
| Special numbering | Volume numbering begins with January instead of March of each year with vols. 10-11. |
| Special numbering | Volume numeration begins with Vol. II, no. 1, which constitutes issue no. 101. |
| Genre/form | Newspapers. |
