Published by D. Appleton and Company, 1879
Language: English
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. All six volumes of the edition. Rubbing to all volumes. Paper labels with title are fading and stained, if intact. Tight, square bindings. Clean, unmarked pages. Nos. 1-555 (v. 1-6, p. 206)--originally issued Mar. 1, 1711-Dec. 6, 1712; nos. 556-635 (v. 6, p. 207-547) June 18-Dec. 20, 1714. The Spectator was a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. It was an influential middle-class, Whig publication, read extensively in the American colonies. Its aim was to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.".