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The Spectator Volume the Fourth 1753

The Spectator Volume the Fourth 1753.

Incorrectly collated issue of the Fourth Volume of the Spectator. The Title Page is for The Spectator Volume the Seventh, The Dedication to Mr Methuen is for Volume the Seventh pages 9-24 contain Nos.474,475,476, and part of 477. From page 25 onwards we have Volume the Fourth starting within No. 256 ' Monday, December 24, 1711 ' Addison and having all the issues up to and including No. 321 ' Saturday, March 8, 1712 ' Addison complete with the Index for Volume the Fourth

In 1709, Richard Steele founded a thrice-weekly satirical magazine, Tatler, which lasted only two years in its first incarnation. Joseph Addison was a frequent contributor. Following the demise of the Tatler, the two men founded The Spectator. The essay-periodical the Spectator appeared in two separate series. The first series was published daily except Sundays from 1 March 1711 until 6 December 1712, making a total of 555 issues. It was edited by Richard Steele and published in London by Samuel Buckley and Jacob Tonson. The Spectator was published pseudonymously, but contemporaries quickly attributed it to Steele, particularly because the first number appeared within two months of the signed valedictory issue of Steele's previous periodical, the Tatler. Addison's authorship of the paper was concealed, at his own request, and he was not widely associated with the Spectator until long after its initial run, but later commentators were to regard him as its chief author. In fact, Addison and Steele each contributed 251 papers to the original series%0d%0a

Features;

• Printed for J and R Tonson and S Draper, London; 1753
• Full Leather Covers with Five Raised Bands, 312 pp
• Frontis Engraving No. 499
• Size 170 x 110mm, 450g

Condition: Good – No Dust Jacket, Repair To Front Cover At Spine.Two Previous Owners Names one dated 1840, Slight Staining at Top Of Some Pages Text Unaffected, Good Early Copy