Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719
Title:
The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; : ... With a complete index.
Alternate Title(s):
Works. 1761
Published / Created:
Birmingham : Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, at Shakespear's Head in the Strand, London, 1761.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
With preface and ode on Addison by Thomas Tickell. Contains The drummer, not printed in his 1721 edition of Addison's works.
Contents:
v. 1. Preface. Poems on several occasions. Rosamond. An essay on Virgil's Georgics. Cato. The drummer, or, The haunted house. Poemata. Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals -- v. 2. Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. The Tatler. The Spectator, no. 1-89 -- v. 3. The Spectator, no. 90-506 -- v. 4. The Spectator, no. 507-600. The guardian. The lover. The present state of war, and the necessity of an augmentation, considered. The Whig-examiner. The Free-holder. Of the Christian religion.
Subject Terms:
Baskerville, J. -- Printer. | J. and R. Tonson -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1761.
Contributors:
Tickell, Thomas, 1686-1740. | Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776, ill. | Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, ill. | Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, engraver. | Miller, John, 1715-1790?, engraver.