Addison, Joseph and Richard Steele (editors) - THE SPECTATOR in eight volumes. Vol. V.

Glasgow, J.Robb & R.Duncan, Booksellers. 1769 Frontispiece illustrating No.379 on discovery of Rosicrucian burial vault + engraved titlepage with vignette & rococco floral decorations. . Duodecimo (165x105mm) original speckled roan on 5 raised bands with red gilt spine label (some leather lacking along front hinge, head of spine very chipped but covers well attached). Frontis + title +282pp +[8]pp index]. Some foxing mainly to beginning and end and faint tidemarks to first and some later leaves. Rear end papers with minor loss to lower gutter, but a neat tight copy, no loose pages, no tears, text all clear. Includes Nos. 322 (Monday, March 10, 1712) to 394 (Monday, June 2, 1712). *Dedicated to Thomas Earl of Wharton, with references throughout to Dryden, Milton, Horace and other classical authors. The Spectator was founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in 1709-12. These papers were collected into 7 volumes of which this is number 5, and frequently re-published in the 18th century.

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