The spectator.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3257823
Summary
Bibliographic description
The second edition.. 8v. : ill. ;. 12⁰. Imperfect: vols. 3 and 4 only. Vol. 3: upper boards and first two flyleaves disbound. Spine and textblock split between pages 74-75. Vol. 4: upper boards and first flyleaf disbound. Second flyleaf torn. Wanting spine labels. Provenance: adhered to front pastedown, bookplate: 'Martha Venables Vernon' [(Franks 30346), possibly Martha Venables-Vernon (1715-1794), nee Harcourt, 3rd wife of George, 1st Baron Vernon of Kinderton]. Vol. 3: In ink on front flyleaf recto, inscription: 'Eliza Sandes Her Book 1721'. Vol. 4: In ink on front flyleaf recto, inscription: 'Eliza Sandes Her Book'. Binding: eighteenth-century full speckled calf, decorative gilt fillets to form a border. Four raised bands, gilt decorative panels. Vol. 3: Red spine labels, gilt lettering and volume number. Black and red speckled edges.
Makers and roles
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729)