8 volumes, 8vo (18 x 11 cm), frontispiece to each volume; contemporary speckled calf, flat spines in six compartments, gilt dividers, red morocco lettering piece to second, green roundel numbering piece to fourth, blind outer edges. A lovely set.
After the closure of The Tatler, a yawning gap in the market must have been as obvious to Addison and Steele as it was to the reading public at large. They responded by initiating The Spectator on 1 March 1711, thus embarking on one of the most triumphant literary projects of the age. Before the paper closed on 6 December 1712, it had gone through 555 issues, had regularly sold up to 4000 copies (indeed even larger figures for a few numbers), and had transformed periodical writing in English. The Spectator came out six days a week, Monday to Saturday. (DNB)
GBP 650.00
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