The Spectator 1711 - 1714
Addison, Joseph, Richard Steele, et al
| Publisher |
J Mitchell; and sold in London by Vernor, Hood, and T. Sharpe |
| Binding |
Hardback |
| Condition |
Good set |
| SKU |
24203 |
| Notes |
Faded to spines and with ugly black leather labels. Papers are rubbed to edges with small patches of loss. Clean and sound. |
Description
Hardback. Bound in half calf light red leather binding, with black spine title labels and marbled papers to boards. Eight Volumes bound into Four. Lives of the Authors, and Introductory Titles to Each Paper. Each volume with full page frontis engraved plate. These reproduced pieces cover 1711 to December 1714 and there are brief notes and an index to each volume. This the daily The Spectator (1711) that was very short lived and also contains the last few months were the paper was down to thrice weekly. Its well know sister paper began in 1828 and continues to this day. Contributors include John Hughes and Eustace Budgell
