Bickerstaff, Isaac [ Steele, Richard ] - The Lucubrations Of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq, Revised And Corrected By The Author Volume I - The Tatler [ volume I only ]

printed and sold by Charles Lillie at the corner of Beauford Buildings in the Strand and John Morphew near Stationers Hall, 1710, 1st edition. Full calf, P+. vi+368+[viii]pp, index, LACKS the upper cover, rear cover almost detached, water stain to the the first 30pp & final 80pp of the text, paper yellowed. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The first edition in book form of Steele's thrice weekly magazine which first appeared in 1709. Steele [ 1672 - 1729 ] wrote the essays in contained so as 'to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour'.

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