| Edition |
Harrison's edition. |
| Description |
8 v. : ill. ; 22 cm. (8⁰) |
| Note |
Each vol. has engraved t.p.; each part has special t.p. with publisher's monogram and is separately paged; at head of each special t.p.: Harrison's edition. |
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Indexes in v. 2-5, 7, 8. |
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Illustrated with engravings; mostly signed. |
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Printed in double-columns. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Dr. Johnson's Rambler ; Lord Lyttleton's [i.e. Lyttelton's] Persian letters -- v. 2. The adventurer ; The guardian -- v. 3. The tatler -- v. 4-5. The spectator -- v. 6. The connoisseur ; The citizen of the world ; The babler -- v. 7. The world / Adam Fitz-Adam; Dialogues of the dead / George Lord Lyttelton -- v. 8. The idler ; Fitzosborne's letters ; Shenstone's essays ; Launcelot Temple's sketches ; The lover. |
| Note |
Fitzosborne is a pseudonym used by William Melmoth. |
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Launcelot Temple is a pseudonym used by John Armstrong. |
| Local Note |
Library set in various bindings. On front binder's blank recto of v. 1 in MS, black ink: A very good collection / appreciated this 27th day of May / 1806. / John Forbes. Listed in 1793 catalogue, p. 49, No. 632. Notice by Trustees on front paste-down in v. 3, 5, 8. ZNS |
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NYSL set: Circulation recorded in the Library's Charging Ledgers, 1789-1792 and 1799-1805. |
| Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800.
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English essays -- 18th century -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre or Form |
Essays -- England -- 18th century.
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Engravings -- England -- 18th century.
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Annotations (Provenance).
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| Added Author |
Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834, illustrator.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Rambler.
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Idler.
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Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.
Letters from a Persian in England to his friend at Ispahan.
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Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773.
Dialogues of the dead.
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Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774.
Citizen of the world.
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Kelly, Hugh, 1739-1777.
Babler.
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Shenstone, William, 1714-1763.
Essays on men and manners.
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Armstrong, John, 1709-1779.
Sketches.
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Melmoth, William, 1710?-1799.
Letters on several subjects.
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Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.
Lover.
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Harrison and Co., publisher.
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Forbes, John, d. 1824, annotator. ZNS
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New York Society Library.
Catalog. 1793.
ZNS
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New York Society Library.
Charging ledger. 1789-1792.
ZNS
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City Readers: Digital Historic Collections (New York Society Library)
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| Added Title |
British classics |
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British classicks |
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Tatler (London, England : 1709)
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Spectator (London, England : 1711)
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Adventurer (London, England : 1752)
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Guardian (London, England : 1713)
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Connoisseur (London, England : 1754)
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World (London, England : 1753)
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