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    By Various; James Ferguson
    London   J. Richardson and Co. et al
    6.5" by 4"
    A handsomely bound complete set containing an array of notable extracts of British essayists and periodicals.
    By Various; James Ferguson

    1823 The British Essayists

    London   J. Richardson and Co. et al
    6.5" by 4"
    A handsomely bound complete set containing an array of notable extracts of British essayists and periodicals.
    £995.00
    : 20kgs / : 951Y47
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    Leather Binding

    The second edition of this series, comprising extracts from a wide array of essays from notable periodicals, with writings from the likes of Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Richard Cumberland, among many others.

    Complete in forty volumes, bound in a unform half morocco, with cloth boards. 

    Edited with biographical, historical and critical notes by James Ferguson.

    With extracts to each volume from the following periodicals:

    'The Tatler' to Vols I-IV
    'The Spectator' to Vols V-XII
    'The Guardian' to Vols XIII-XV
    'Rambler' to Vols XVI-XVIII
    'Idler' to Vol XIX
    'Adventurer' to Vols XX-XXII
    'World' to Vols XXIII-XXV
    'Connoisseur' to Vols XXVI-XXVII
    'The Mirror' to Vols XXVIII-XXIX
    'The Lounger' to Vols XXX-XXXI
    'Observer' to Vols XXXII-XXXIV
    'Knox's Essays' to Vols XXXV-XXXVII
    'Knox's Winter Evenings' to Vols XXXVIII-XL

    Condition

    Uniformly bound in half morocco, with cloth boards. Externally, very smart, with mild rubbing to the extremities and minor marks to the boards. Notable wear to the front board corner of Vol 9-10. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with occasional scattered spots, mostly concentrated to the endpapers. Offsetting to several of the title pages from the frontispieces.

    Very Good

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