The lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff esq; . revised and corrected by the author. ...
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1713
Materials
Measurements
231 x 153 x 40 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3042814.1
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, raised supportsDate of Binding: 18.3Binder's Name: British End Leaves: sewn single fold of blue sponged paste-paper made to a fold of white laid paper and followed by a single leaf of white laid paper, the outer leaf of pastepaper pasted to the board.Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, marbled (red blue and yellow antique spot), polished Spine Lining: moderate round, square joints, no evidence of linings End Bands: worked L-R 1x1 in red and yellow silk over a rolled paper core. Bookmark: green silk ribbon glued to spine under headband Boards: 3mm rope fibre board, slips 1,3 and 5 of 5 only laced in, angled up in front board, down in back Covering: full red-brown russia calf with traces of original dicing, polishedTooling Spine: gold-tooled 3-fillet frame to each panel with saltire cross with small tools in quarters, title label (missing) in panel 2Tooling Sides: gold-tooled broad roll and narrow dog-tooth roll border, gold-tooled roll on board edges and turn-ins. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes: the combed blue paste-paper probably dates from the 1760s or at earliest, late 1750s. Other vols in the complete set (which contains the Spectator, Guardian, Tatler and two others) have a combed pastepaper, not sponged.
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 12mo.. Shelved and uniform with 'The Spectator' (London: 1747); 'The Freeholder' (London: 1716); 'The Guardian' (London: 1747); 'The Englishman' (London: 1714) and vols. 3 and 4 of the 1711 edition of 'The Tatler'. These volumes priced cumulatively in manuscript in vol. 1 of 'The Spectator': 16v. 12.12.0 [crossed through] 10-10-.. Binding: Red morocco; gilt rolled with distinctive roll; spine gilt; spine label missing: 'Freeholder'; edges marbled; endpapers blue.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)