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The Spectator by Joseph Addison 1749

The Spectator by Joseph Addison 1749

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The Spectator. London: Printed for J. and T. Tonson and S. Draper, MDCCXLIX (1749).

 

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Provenance:

Ownership inscriptions of Louisa Peance Greville (?), Eden Louisa H Greville, and "Wyaslone Grove Ashborne Derbyshire my Eden".

 

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Size: 105 x 167 mm (approx., each)

 


Condition: 

Full brown calf with tooled labels to spines in compartments between raised bands, other compartments with decorative gilt. Bindings rubbed and scuffed with some sunning and rubbing to tooled labels. All boards attached, some joints and hinges cracked, thus some fragile. Shelf and edge wear. Page edges toned. Ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and front blank in volume one, and ownership inscription to front blank in all remaining volumes. Text blocks toned with occasional foxing. Edge toning to endpapers as commensurate with the full leather bindings. Some small wormholing to the first few leaves in volume eight in the margins. Uncollated but appears complete.

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