1801 The Spectator vol. 2 Diced Calf Leather ; Essays first published in 1711

Description: The Spectator With Illustrative Notes. To Which Are Prefixed, The Lives of the Authors. Comprehending Addison , Steele , Parnell , Hughes , Budgell , Eusden , Tickell and Pope. With Critical Remarks on theoir Respective Writings. In Eight Volumes. Vol. II. Printed for H. D. Symonds ( etc. ) London 1801 Antique hardcover. Full leather binding. Full diced calf. Marbled pages edges. Marbled endpapers. ( see condition details below ) 6" x 9.5" 416 pages plus 13 page Index. Over 220 years old. This volume includes The Spectator Nos. 30 to 121, originally printed from April 4, 1711 to July 19, 1711. The Index at the rear is specific to this volume. --------- The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each "paper", or "number", was approximately 2,500 words long, beginning on March 1, 1711. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months. Eustace Budgell, a cousin of Addison's, and the poet John Hughes also contributed to the publication. The stated aim of The Spectator was to "to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality". The journal reached an audience of thousands of people every day, chiefly middle-class households which took literature seriously. The Spectator "brought philosophy out of closets and libraries, schools, and colleges, to dwell in clubs and assemblies, at tea-tables and coffee houses". Women were also readers of The Spectator, because one of the aims of the periodical was to increase the number of women who were "of a more elevated life and conversation." The Spectator sought to provide readers with topics for well-reasoned discussion, and to equip them to carry on conversations and engage in social interactions in a polite manner. In keeping with the values of Enlightenment philosophies of their time, the authors of The Spectator promoted family, marriage, and courtesy. Readers of The Spectator came from many stations in society, but the paper catered principally to the interests of England's emerging middle class - merchants and traders large and small. The Spectator also had many readers in the American colonies. James Madison ( American statesman and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States ) read the paper avidly as a teenager. It is said to have had a considerable influence on his world view, lasting throughout his long life. Benjamin Franklin was also a reader, and the Spectator influenced his style in his " Silence Dogood " letters. The Spectator continued to be popular and widely read in the late 18th and19th centuries. ---------- Condition. Worn binding. The leather is chipped at the edges and corners. The spine leather is dry and heavily chipped ( see the photos ). The covers remain attached by the binding cords. No writing. No markings. Some old dampstaining at the edge of the front blank endpapers. The endpapers and title-page are foxed; very little foxing elsewhere. The last few pages are creased at the upper-outside corner. The ages are otherwise very good. ------------ Over 220 years old. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.

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