The Spectator. Essays by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Others. Selected, Edited, and Introduced by Robert Halsband and Illustrated by Lynton Lamb. London: The Limited Editions Club, 1970.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy no. 1367.
Quarto. 320 pp. Including sixteen inserted plates. Publisher's full patterned sepia and light brown buckram, red leather label to spine lettered in gilt. A fine copy with fine original slipcase.
Often paired with its contemporary The Tatler, The Spectator was the first publication to comment upon etiquette, philosophy, the urban sphere and literary style in a daily, periodical format. Within its pages, founders Joseph Addison and Richard Steele pronounced their desire “to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality... To bring philosophy out of the closets and libraries, schools and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffeehouses. †Modern scholars cite The Spectator as central to the emergence of the influential, informed consumer bourgeoisie and have called it seminal in the revolution of periodicals.
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