The Spectator was published daily, in single sheets of foolscap folio, printed, in double columns, on both sides. The first number appeared on 1st March 17 11, and the last on 6th December 1712. Each 'number' was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers.

• 1711 November
  octavo volumes were announced
  • 1712 January 8th - vol 1 and vol 2
    S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain, and
    J. Tonson, at Shakespear’s-Head, over-against Catherine-street in the Strand
  • 1713 April - Vol 3 and vol 4
  • 1713 early - vol 5 vol 6
    for Tonson
    Volume VII
  • 1715 - vol 8
    from the supplementary papers published from 18th June to 20th December 1714
  • 1906
    ed G. Gregory Smith
    Reprinted Dent
    the IBUKI copy text
    • Volume 1
    • Volume 2
• 1750
  >= 7 vols
  Glasgow - A. Stalker and R. Urie x
  a
  • Volume VII
• 1756
  >= 7 vols
  London - Daniel Midwinter
  a
  • Volume VII
• 1794
  8 vols
  Edited BY Robert Bisset London - Daniel Midwinter
  a
  • Volume I
  • Volume II
  • Volume III
  • Volume IV
  • Volume V
  • Volume VI
  • Volume VII
  • Volume VIII
• 1803
  8 Vols
  Philadelphia - Robert Carr
  a
  • Volume VI
• 1809
  10 Vols
  
• Volume I - UofPitt