The lover : to which is added, The reader /
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| Item Description: | Published under the pseudonym: Marmaduke Myrtle, Gent. Cf. Halkett & Laing, volume 3, page 404 and NCBEL, volume 2, column 1101. Caption title for first work reads: "The Lover. Written in imitation of the Tatler." Dedication to Sir Samuel Garth signed: Richard Steele. "The lover" was produced with the assistance of Joseph Addison and issued in 40 thrice-weekly numbers, all of which are in this volume, from Feb. 25-May 27, 1714. Cf. NCBEL. "The reader" (pages 275-352)--has special title page dated 1714. Issued in 9 thrice-weekly numbers, collected here, from April 22-May 10, 1714. Cf. NCBEL, volume 2, column 1115. Advertisement: last 3 pages. Bookseller Jacob Tonson may be either Jacob Tonson, 1656?-1736, or his nephew, Jacob Tonson, d. 1735, both of whom were active at the same address during this time. Includes indexes. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 10 unnumbered pages, 351 pages, 17 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm (8vo) |