The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq

Birmingham: Printed by J. Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. Handsome set of four large quarto volumes (complete thus) in full brown calf with gilt-ornamental edges and raised bands; b&w frontispiece portrait & full-page illutrations to Volume 1; 30 x 25 cm. Index. Endpapers of all four volumes professionally replaced; rear board of Vol 1 mildly chipped (1 " x .25" area to upper edge), damped and discolored (a few spots white paint speckles); minor scuffing and rubbing to boards of all four volumes; else a tight clean set. Bookplate in the classic famiy crest style of one H. M. Clifford to paste-downs. Very good to very good+ overall. . Hardcover.

Beautifully realized by the celebrated printer and typographer John Baskerville. Contents: v. 1. Preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An essay on Virgil's Georgics. Cato. The drummer, or, The haunted house. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals.--v. 2. Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. The Tatler. The Spectator, no. 1-89.--v. 3. The Spectator, no. 90-505.--v. 4. The Specator, no. 507-600. The Guardian. The lover. The present state of the war, and the necessity of an augmentation, considered. The Whig-examiner. The Free-holder. Of the Christian religion.