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The spectator

Archive Print Item: BC Lt quarto SPE

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Type of record: Book

Title: The spectator

Other titles: Spectator (1711)

Level: Item

Classmark: BC Lt quarto SPE

Additional creator(s): Addison, Joseph (1672-1719) (Other); Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729) (Other); De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969) (Former owner)

Publisher: printed for Sam. Buckley... and sold by A. Baldwin

Publication city: London

Language: English

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/398540

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991014608389705181

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

no.1-555 Thurs. 1st March 1711 - Sat. 6th Dec.1712 Bound in 1 vol. -- A general t.-p. and the dedications to the first 7 vols. of the collected ed. of 1712 (i.e. comprising the numbers bound together here) have been added in a contemporary hand on 22 pages; the t.-p. would appear to be a facsimile of that of the 8vo ed. -- Some issues misnumbered, as noted by Bond, and corrected in pencil. -- Imprints from colophons, changes occurring with nos.16, 18- and 499- respectively. -- Tax stamps appear from no.451, August 7, 1712 on most issues, the missing ones probably trimmed off by binder. -- Missing words at the top of no.283 (verso) supplied in contemporary MS. -- Some issues trimmed by binder, especially nos.248, 345, 450, 460, 472, 474, 515-6, some catchwords and colophons being affected; a few extra long sheets have been folded at the foot. -- Three subscriber's names: 'Solt', 'Mrs. Alexander' and 'Mrs. Heywood', appear in a contemporary hand at the foot of many issues. -- Bookplates of Finn Christensen pasted inside front cover

no.279; 285; 297; 303; 309; 315; 321; 327; 333; 339; 345; 351; 357; 363; 369 1711-1712

Subsequently issued as sets of eight volumes.

Mainly by Addison and Steele; nos.556-635 (1714) were mainly by Addison.

Imprint varies.

Publication suspended Dec.7, 1712 - June 17, 1714.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Maurice de Sausmarez Collection 543: From the collection of Maurice de Sausmarez, acquired for the University of Leeds in 2019.

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