Spectator (London, England : 1711)
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1788
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3256842
Summary
Bibliographic description
8v.. ill.. (plates). 12mo. Imperfect: Vols. 6 and 7 only. Vol. 6: lower boards disbound, spine has vertical central split, black ink stain on back pastedown. Vol. 7: black stain on upper spine from cover to page 6. Circular marks on centre of upper boards. Spine split vertically, with four deep horizontal cracks. Pages 227-230 disbound. Pages 225 to 232 irregularly trimmed at bottom. Inserted between pages 22 and 23: 10 cm newspaper clipping, with poem 'Winter' by Eliza Cook. Provenance: Adhered to front pastedown,bookplate 'W. Hitchcock'. On front flyleaf recto, black ink stamp 'W. Hitchcock'. In ink on title page: '[illegible] Whitmore Jones'. Binding: eighteenth-century full speckled calf, gilt-ruled spine with gilt volume number.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)