The Spectator. ...
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1753
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3052689
Summary
Bibliographic description
9v. . ill.. . 12mo.. Ms. price in pencil on vol. 1 front endpaper: "9v 1-0-0". Vols. 5 and 7-8 are of the edition with engraved portrait facing outer margin. Identified in 1768 catalogue ("in the Gallery Room"): S.1.. Provenance: Bookplate in each vol.: Harry Grey (1715-1768) 1739-1768; anonymous armorial. Not in Franks or Viner.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; gilt roll on board edges; gold-tooled spines, with red title and black vol. no. labels.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)