The spirit of the British essayists, : comprising all the most valuable papers on every subject of life and manners, selected from The Tatler, Spectator, Guardian, Rambler, Adventurer, Idler, World, Connoisseur, Citizen of the world, Mirror, and Lounger. In four volumes. Vol. I[-IV].
Category
Books
Date
1813
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3247402
Summary
Bibliographic description
Second edition. 4 v. ; 12mo. Bookseller's pencil price and code on rear free endpaper in vol. 1: "16/16/-" and "4 vols ff/fd/-". Ephemera: scrap of card used as marker in vol. 1. Provenance: Gilt stamped monogram on boards: 'ML' surmounted by royal crown. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full straight-grained tan morocco; gilt and blind tooled panel design; gilt stamped monogram on boards: 'ML' surmounted by royal crown; sewn onto five raised bands; spines gilt tooled, lettered direct 'Spirit of the British essayists' and 'Vol. I[-IV].'; gilt rolled edges and turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; pink endpapers; blue ribbon marker in each vol.