NNP

The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; VOL I

The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; VOL II

Complete. 4to [25 by 21 cm] contemporary brown speckled calf; sides bordered and decorated in blind with Oxford panels; spines with six raised bands uniformly and skillfully rebacked in tan calf, numbered in gilt, with spine labels derived from the original binding, lettered in gilt; all board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges red. Fine frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by George Vertue after a 1716 painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller; engraved dedicatory headpiece; woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces; first volume with six woodcut plates depicting ancient Roman coins. Leaves with moderate browning and occasional spotting, but generally clean and well-preserved; bindings with some rubbing and minor scuffs, though still attractive and sound. lacking opening blank; Overall, a near fine set. A scarce and handsomely produced quarto edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison. Unlisted by Dekesel, who includes a number of different editions of Addison in his comprehensive bibliography of 18th-century numismatic works, including a 1721 duodecimo edition by the same publisher. The first volume features Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets at pages 429–559, which includes the six plates depicting ancient Roman coins featured in Three Setts of Medals Illustrated by the Ancient Poets, in the Foregoing Dialogues. This classic essay is a defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, and is followed by three series of woodcut plates of Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope's "Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals." These works are nearly ubiquitous in their small-format duodecimo editions; they are decidedly more scarce in larger format, and the coin plates are more impressive at this greater size. Joseph Addison (1672–1719) was one of the most important English essayists of his era, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. This edition unlisted in Hirsch, Lipsius and Dekesel.

The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; VOL III

Complete. 4to [25 by 21 cm] contemporary brown speckled calf; sides bordered and decorated in blind with Oxford panels; spines with six raised bands uniformly and skillfully rebacked in tan calf, numbered in gilt, with spine labels derived from the original binding, lettered in gilt; all board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges red. Fine frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by George Vertue after a 1716 painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller; engraved dedicatory headpiece; woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces; Leaves with moderate browning and occasional spotting, but generally clean and well-preserved; bindings with some rubbing and minor scuffs, though still attractive and sound; Overall, a near fine set. A scarce and handsomely produced quarto edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison. Unlisted by Dekesel, who includes a number of different editions of Addison in his comprehensive bibliography of 18th-century numismatic works, including a 1721 duodecimo edition by the same publisher. The first volume features Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets at pages 429–559, which includes the six plates depicting ancient Roman coins featured in Three Setts of Medals Illustrated by the Ancient Poets, in the Foregoing Dialogues. This classic essay is a defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, and is followed by three series of woodcut plates of Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope's "Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals." These works are nearly ubiquitous in their small-format duodecimo editions; they are decidedly more scarce in larger format, and the coin plates are more impressive at this greater size. Joseph Addison (1672–1719) was one of the most important English essayists of his era, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. This edition unlisted in Hirsch, Lipsius and Dekesel.

The Works Of The Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; VOL IV

Complete. 4to [25 by 21 cm] contemporary brown speckled calf; sides bordered and decorated in blind with Oxford panels; spines with six raised bands uniformly and skillfully rebacked in tan calf, numbered in gilt, with spine labels derived from the original binding, lettered in gilt; all board edges decorated in gilt; all page edges red. Fine frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by George Vertue after a 1716 painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller; engraved dedicatory headpiece; woodcut initials, headpieces and tailpieces. Leaves with moderate browning and occasional spotting, but generally clean and well-preserved; bindings with some rubbing and minor scuffs, though still attractive and sound. lacking closing blank. Overall, a near fine set. A scarce and handsomely produced quarto edition of the collected works of Joseph Addison. Unlisted by Dekesel, who includes a number of different editions of Addison in his comprehensive bibliography of 18th-century numismatic works, including a 1721 duodecimo edition by the same publisher. The first volume features Dialogues upon the Usefulness of Ancient Medals. Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets at pages 429–559, which includes the six plates depicting ancient Roman coins featured in Three Setts of Medals Illustrated by the Ancient Poets, in the Foregoing Dialogues. This classic essay is a defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, and is followed by three series of woodcut plates of Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope's "Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals." These works are nearly ubiquitous in their small-format duodecimo editions; they are decidedly more scarce in larger format, and the coin plates are more impressive at this greater size. Joseph Addison (1672–1719) was one of the most important English essayists of his era, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. This edition unlisted in Hirsch, Lipsius and Dekesel.

Dialogues Upon The Usefulness Of Ancient Medals. Especially In Relation To The Latin And Greek Poets

12mo, later tan cloth; brown leather spine label, gilt. 328, (8) pages, including 62 woodcut illustrations of ancient coins. Near fine. A classic essay, in Volume III of the collected 1753 edition of Addison's Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose. A defense of numismatics written in the form of a discourse between Cynthio, Eugenius and Philander, followed by three series of woodcut plates of Roman coins, and preceded by Alexander Pope's "Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals." Two other essays are also included. Addison was one of the most important English essayists, and was, through The Spectator (which he published with Richard Steele), one of the guardians of good taste at the time. His opinions on the merits of coin collecting mattered. Dekesel A49. Hirsch 2 (1726 edition). Lipsius 4 (1726 edition).

Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets

"Dialogues Upon The Usefullness of Ancient Medals; Especially in Relation to the Latin and Greek Poets", by Joseph Addison. Excerpt from 1845's "The Works of Joseph Addison", volume three.