Days with Sir Roger de Coverley; A Reprint from "The Spectator"

[Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard]

Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1892

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Slim 8vo. [5], viii-ix, [2], 2-110, [2] pp. Green cloth with gold lettering and decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated by a frontispiece, an illustrated half-title page, several in-text illustrations, and one full-page illustration at the end of the volume. Decorations beautifully done by Hugh Thomson. Originally published in the magazine, The Spectator as "The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers", this is the third edition done by Macmillan. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Sir Roger de Coverley". Sir Roger de Coverley was a comical character created by Joseph Addison: he was meant to represent the typical English country gentleman. Addison wrote vignettes featuring De Coverley that were often thought of as The Spectator's best material. These vignettes focused on upper-class English life, manners, and social customs during the eighteenth century. A Near Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the extremities and a faint abrasion to one word on p. 48. Seller Inventory # 00008949

Bibliographic Details

Title: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley; A Reprint ...

Publisher: Macmillan and Co, London

Publication Date: 1892

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: Third edition.