The Spirt of Partridge 1825

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Full title:

  • The Spirit of Partridge; or, the Astrologer’s Pocket Companion, and General Magazine: Including the First Part of Partridge’s Opus Reformatum, With Eleven Curious Nativities; Biographical Memoirs of Eminent Men: Observations on the New Planet Herschel, From Practice, With other valuable Remarks on Astrology not extent[1], And Astronomical Tables With the Place of Herschel for 1780, 81, 82, 83, complete, never before Published (overall vol. title page)

Editor: Anonymous (all issues)

Publication credits:

  • Stated Second Edition[2] – Scientific Press: Printed and Published for the London Astrological Society, By Davis & Dickson, Mathematical Booksellers, St.-Martin’s-le-Grand, London, and Sold by all other Booksellers[3], 1825

Holdings:

  • No. 1, Thursday, Aug. 5th, 1824. [pp. 5-24]
  • No. 2, Saturday[4]. [pp. 25-48]
  • No. 3, Saturday. [pp. 49-68]
  • No. 4, Saturday. [pp. 69-88]
  • No. 5, Saturday. [pp. 89-108]
  • No. 6, Saturday. [pp. 109-132]
  • No. 7, Saturday. [pp. 133-152]
  • No. 8, Saturday. [pp. 153-172]
  • No. 9, Saturday. [pp. 173-192]
  • No. X, Saturday. [pp. 193-216]
  • No. XI, Saturday. [pp. 217-236]
  • No. XII, Saturday. [pp. 237-256]
  • No. XIII, Saturday. [pp. 257-276]
  • No. XIV, Saturday Dec 04. [pp. 277-296]
  • No. XV, Saturday Dec 18. [pp. 297-316]
  • No. XVI, Saturday, January 1, 1825. [pp. 317-336]
  • No. 17, Saturday, January 15th 1825. [pp. 337-356]

Binding format and presentation notes:

  • All issues bound together in half-leather (wear to extremities of spine; heavy wear to outer corners of boards) with paper-covered boards (edgeworn). Pagination continuous. Volume concludes with astronomical tables and index. [1 leaf] + [pp. iii-iv] + iii + [1] + [pp. 5-356] + [56]

[1] [sic]

[2] This appears on the unpaginated last page before the first internal issue begins, but not on the title page

[3] This credit from the overall volume title page

[4] None of issues 2 to XV is dated; clearly it was weekly for a while but publication became irregular at some point, since there are 20 and not 14 whole weeks separating Aug. 7th from  Sat. Jan 1st. My best guess is that issue 2 appeared on Aug. 14th and it appeared weekly thereafter until No. X, Oct. 9th, then fortnightly thereafter until its conclusion.

About this Book Scan

Carefully scanned in full colour from our original printing of the bound compilation of all issues, as published in 1825.

The Spirit of Partridge was an important short-lived astrological magazine whose chiefly weekly publication spanned 1824 to 1825.