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The Lover and Reader /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729
Other Authors: Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for J. Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head, over against Katharine-street in the Strand, MDCCXVIII. [1718]
Edition:The second edition.
Subjects:
English essays > 18th century.
English periodicals > History and criticism.
Great Britain > Social life and customs > Early works to 1800.
Description
Item Description:Dedication signed: Richard Steele.
Added title page for The Reader.
Vignette (portrait) and headpieces.
The Lover was written in association with Joseph Addison.
Reprint of The Lover, originally issued three times a week, no. 1 (Feb. 25, 1714)- no. 40 (May 27, 1714) ; and The Reader, originally issued three times a week, no. 1 (April 22, 1714)-no. 9 (May 10, 1714).
The Reader is paged continuously with The Lover and has separate title page.
Includes indexes.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:12 unnumbered pages, 297 pages, 15 unnumbered pages : portrait ; 17 cm (12mo)