The Spectator Volume The Fourth.
£40.00
Publisher
Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper.
Place
London
Date
1749
Synopsis
Nos. 252-321, 19 december 1711-8 march 1712.
Item Description
12mo. 6.75 x 4.25 inches. 303 + [9] pp. index. Bound in contemporary calf; spine in compartments with raised bands, decorated gilt, with contrasting title label, gilt. Some age related wear, but otherwise a very good crisp copy. Stamped ownership label fixed to first free endpaper and repeated on second. Illustrated by engraved frontispiece and vignette title. Decorated by head and tailpiece vignettes and by initials. The fourth volume of a mid-eighteenth century reprint of The Spectator, by Joseph Addison (1672-1799) and others, originally published, 1711-12. The set was first published by Tonson in 1747. A pleasant pocket edition bound in calf. (ESTC N24134).
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