Adam Fitz-Adam; [Edward Moore] - The World

London, P. Dodsley, R. Owen, 1794. Leather. A complete set of Edward Moore's fashionable satirical periodical 'The World&apos. Complete in four volumes.Each volume is bound with the half-title.A collection of the weekly newspaper, 'The World', which was published from 1753 to 1756, with a total of two-hundred and nine publications.The newspaper saw contributions from people such as Horace Walpole, E. S. Dallas, Edward Lovibond, and Charles Hanbury Williams. It was devoted to the satirising the follies and vices of the fashionable society of the eighteenth century.The publication typically saw a circulation that averaged from two to three thousand copies.Edited by Edward Moore, under the pseudonym 'Adam Fitz-Adam&apos. He became the editor through the influence of Lord Lyttelton. Moore was a dramatist who wrote 'The Foundling', 'Gil Blas', 'Fables From the Female Sex', and more. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart. A little loss to the head and tail of the spines. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rubbing to the rear board of Volume I. Front hinge of Volume I is starting but firm. Hinges of Volume IV are starting but firm. Volume IV is lacking the endpapers. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper, and to the verso to the rear endpaper of Volume I. Ink mark to the rear pastedown of Volumes II and IV. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned with the occasional mark. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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