The Spectator : Complete in One Volume; With Notes, and a General Index

Addison, Joseph; Steele, Richard

Published by William P. Nimmo, London and Edinburgh, 1877

Dark green cloth decorated in black and gilt, binding clean and bright, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Steel-engraved portrait of Addison, much foxed, with foxing to the tissue guard and title page; the pages are clean elsewhere. x., 918 celan pages, printed in double columns. Publisher's catalogue of 16 pp. at end. Media rate postage as quoted at checkout; Priority Mail or International orders will require extra postage. "The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each 'paper', or 'number', was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. These were collected into seven volumes. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months, and these papers when collected formed the eighth volume. Eustace Budgell, a cousin of Addison's, and the poet John Hughes also contributed to the publication." - wikipedia.Sir Richard Steele (1672-1729), b. Dublin, Ireland; d. Carmarthen, Wales. "Essayist, dramatist, journalist and politician, best known as the principal author (with Joseph Addison) of the periodicals The Tatler and The Spectator.on April 12, 1709, he secured his place in literary history by launching the thrice-weekly essay periodical The Tatler.Steele created the mixture of entertainment an instruction in manners and morals that was to be perfected in The Spectator.Addison contributed some 46 papers and collaborated on several others, but the great bulk of the 271 issues were by Steel himself." - Encyclopedia Britannica online.Joseph Addison (1672-1719), "one of the most eminent of English authors." "During his lingering decay he sent for a young nobleman of very irregular life and of loose opinions to attend him; and when the latter, with great tenderness, requested to receive his last injunctions, Mr Addison told him, I have sent for you that you may see how a Christian can die. " M Clintock & Strong. Seller Inventory # 11525

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Title: The Spectator : Complete in One Volume; With...
Publisher: William P. Nimmo, London and Edinburgh
Publication Date: 1877
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very good