Accession number
PML 142044
Published
London : Printed and to be deliver'd to subscribers, by Charles Lillie ... and John Morphew ..., 1710-1711.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
1st collected ed. (also issued in 12mo, see NCBEL), containing nos. 1 through 271.
Advertisement for a book published by Morphew: v. 3, final leaf.
By Richard Steele and Joseph Addison, with other contributors.
Index included in each volume.
Isaac Bickerstaff is a pseudonym assumed by Sir Richard Steele.
Library has v. 3 only (see binding description).
List of subscribers in v. 1 and 2.
Originally published in serial form as The Tatler (running title in this monographic edition).
Pagination: v. 1: xiv, 413, [5]; v. 2: xvi, 450, [6]; v. 3: vii, [1], 470, [10]; v. 4: [12], 468, [8] p.
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: A-2D⁸ 2E²[-2E2, a blank?]; v. 2: A-2F⁸ 2G⁴; v. 3: A⁴B-2H⁸; v. 4: A⁶ B-2G⁴ 2H² 2I⁴[includes final blank leaf].
Steele and Addison were no longer associated with The Tatler after no. 271.
Vol. 1 has imprint date of 1709 (first year of serial publication).
Advertisement for a book published by Morphew: v. 3, final leaf.
By Richard Steele and Joseph Addison, with other contributors.
Index included in each volume.
Isaac Bickerstaff is a pseudonym assumed by Sir Richard Steele.
Library has v. 3 only (see binding description).
List of subscribers in v. 1 and 2.
Originally published in serial form as The Tatler (running title in this monographic edition).
Pagination: v. 1: xiv, 413, [5]; v. 2: xvi, 450, [6]; v. 3: vii, [1], 470, [10]; v. 4: [12], 468, [8] p.
Signatures (8vo): v. 1: A-2D⁸ 2E²[-2E2, a blank?]; v. 2: A-2F⁸ 2G⁴; v. 3: A⁴B-2H⁸; v. 4: A⁶ B-2G⁴ 2H² 2I⁴[includes final blank leaf].
Steele and Addison were no longer associated with The Tatler after no. 271.
Vol. 1 has imprint date of 1709 (first year of serial publication).
Description
4 v. ; 23 cm
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of William Cowper, Earl Cowper; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary red morocco, ornately gold-tooled with large central diamond medallion and "cottage-roof" motif.
Classification
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