Product code: 1785 The Spectator Magazine Antique shop Books
1785 shop The Spectator Magazine Each 7” x 4” x 1” Covers are in poor condition. There is wear & rubbing. The hinges are cracked but holding together. One books back cover is missing. There is discoloration and spotting throughout. The Spectator was a periodical published daily by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, both politicians, which was one of the bestsellers of the 18th century. Its 500 issues sold up to 4000 copies a day, and carried news and comment, but especially comments on manners, morals & literature. The publication pretended to be the reports by a Mr Spectator on the conversations of a club comprising representatives of squirearchy, the town, commerce and the army. Its essays, seen in this example, show that urban life in the 18th century was not so far different from today, with observations on begging and binge-drinking. ‘Mr Spectator' particularly comments on debt – ‘[I am] extremely astonished that Men can be so insensible of the Danger of running into Debt'.
1785 shop The Spectator Magazine Each 7” x 4” x 1” Covers are in poor condition. There is wear & rubbing. The hinges are cracked but holding together. One books back cover is missing. There is discoloration and spotting throughout. The Spectator was a periodical published daily by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele, both politicians, which was one of the bestsellers of the 18th century. Its 500 issues sold up to 4000 copies a day, and carried news and comment, but especially comments on manners, morals & literature. The publication pretended to be the reports by a Mr Spectator on the conversations of a club comprising representatives of squirearchy, the town, commerce and the army. Its essays, seen in this example, show that urban life in the 18th century was not so far different from today, with observations on begging and binge-drinking. ‘Mr Spectator' particularly comments on debt – ‘[I am] extremely astonished that Men can be so insensible of the Danger of running into Debt'.