1823 The British Essayists; with Prefaces Biographical, Historical, and Critical

Description

Leather Binding

Comprising forty-four out of the forty-five volumes that make this collection. Lacking Volume XLV. 

Uniformly bound in half calf, with marbled paper covered boards.

With a portrait frontispiece to Vol I, Vol VI, Vol XVI, Vol XIX, Vol XXIII, Vol XXVI, Vol XXX, 

Vol XIX is taken from an 1808 edition of 'British Essayists' edited by Alexander Chalmers. 

Edited with biographical, historical and critical notes by Rev. Lionel Thomas Berguer who, according to his author credit to the title pages, was a 'Fellow Extraordinary of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh'. 

Offering an impressive range of writings on topics including, but not limited to, 'Cure for Fits in Married Ladies', 'Discoveries of the Microscope', 'Female Beauty - Characters of various Beauties', 'Criticism on Paradise Lost', 'On Vulgar Phrases', 'The Various Arts of Self-Delusion' and 'On Cruelty to Animals'. 

Tatler, Spectator and Guardian largely comprises the works of from Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele; Rambler largely comprises the works of Samuel Johnson; Adventurer largely comprises the works of John Hawkesworth and Richard Bathurst; World comprises the works of various, including Moore, Walpole, Lord Chesterfield and unknown writers; Connoisseur largely from George Colman and Bonnell Thornton; Idler from Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and unknown writers; Mirror and Lounger from the works of Alexander Mackenzie, George Bannatyne, Alexander Abercromby and others; Observer from Richard Cumberland; Olla Podrida edited by Thomas Monro; Lucubrations, or Winter Evenings from Vicesimus Knox. 

Vol I: Tatler No. 1-37
Vol II: Tatler No. 38-84
Vol III: Tatler No. 85-144 
Vol IV: Tatler No. 145-209 
Vol V: Tatler No. 210-271
Vol VI: Spectator No. 1-61
Vol VII: Spectator No. 62-131
Vol VIII: Spectator No. 132-194
Vol IX: Spectator No. 195-253 
Vol X: Spectator No. 254-310
Vol XI: Spectator No. 311-380 
Vol XII: Spectator No. 381-452 
Vol XIII: Spectator No. 453-514 
Vol XIV: Spectator No. 515-566
Vol XV: Spectator No. 567-635
Vol XVI: Guardian No. 1-53 
Vol XVII: Guardian No. 55-122
Vol XVIII: Guardian No. 123-176 
Vol XIX (from Alexander Chalmer's 1808 edition) - Rambler No. 1-53
Vol XX: Rambler No. 54-106 
Vol XXI: Rambler No. 107-159
Vol XXII: Rambler No. 160-208 
Vol XXIII: Adventurer No. 1-41 
Vol XXIV: Adventurer No. 42-91 
Vol XXV: Adventurer No. 92-140 
Vol XXVI: World No. 1-52
Vol XXVII: World No. 53-104 
Vol XXVIII: World No. 105-156 
Vol XXIX: World No. 157-209, and Extra World 
Vol XXX: Connoisseur No. 1-46
Vol XXXI: Connoisseur No. 47-93
Vol XXXII: Connoisseur No. 94-140 
Vol XXXIII: Idler No. 1-103 
Vol XXXIV: Mirror No. 1-56
Vol XXXV: Mirror No. 57-110 
Vol XXXVI: Lounger No. 1-51 
Vol XXXVII: Lounger No. 52-101
Vol XXXVIII: Observer No. 1-51 
Vol XXXIX: Observer No. 52-108 
Vol XL: Observer No. 109-152 
Vol XLI: Olla Podrida No. 1-44
Vol XLII: Lucubrations, or Winter Evenings No. 1-40 
Vol XLIII: Lucubrations, or Winter Evenings 41-92
Vol XLIV: Lucubrations, or Winter Evenings 93-149