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Title: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1886. Cloth. A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated series regarding country gentleman Sir Roger de Coverley, depicted by Joseph Addison. Originally published in the influential periodical The Spectator, edited by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. As imagined by Addison, Sir Roger was a baronet of Worcestershire and was meant to represent a typical landed country gentleman. Here he is also depicted as the author of papers and letters published for The Spectator. Charmingly illustrated throughout with vignettes by Hugh Thomson, noted for his pen-and-ink drawings. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot, with heavier scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley Joseph Addison Richard Steele Illustrated Joseph Addison Hugh Thomson
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Title: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley
Description: London, Macmillan and Co, 1886. Cloth. A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated series regarding country gentleman Sir Roger de Coverley, depicted by Joseph Addison. Originally published in the influential periodical The Spectator, edited by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. As imagined by Addison, Sir Roger was a baronet of Worcestershire and was meant to represent a typical landed country gentleman. Here he is also depicted as the author of papers and letters published for The Spectator. Charmingly illustrated throughout with vignettes by Hugh Thomson, noted for his pen-and-ink drawings. In the publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities and minor marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spot, with heavier scattered spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Hugh Thomson. Very Good .
Keywords: Days with Sir Roger de Coverley Joseph Addison Richard Steele Illustrated Joseph Addison Hugh Thomson
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 948Y32
- Book number: 948Y32
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