The spectator.
Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
Category
Books
Date
1714
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3257823.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v3. The second edition.. 8v. : ill. ;. 12⁰. Upper boards and first two flyleaves disbound. Spine and textblock split between pages 74-75. Provenance: adhered to front pastedown, bookplate: 'Martha Venables Vernon.' In ink on front flyleaf recto, inscription: 'Eliza Sandes Her Book 1721'. Binding: eighteenth-century full speckled calf, decorative gilt fillets to form a border. Four raised bands, gilt decorative panels. 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)