Sorry Out of Stock Bickerstaff, Isaac; [Steele, Richard; Swift, Jonathan; Addison, Joseph] Catalogue No.: j5685
Publisher: | London.: E. and R. Nutt [printers] | Edition: | Reprint; Published Date: 1728 | Illustrations: | Engraved frontis plate | Dimensions: | 180 x 110 mm (7 x 4 inches) - 336pp, 330pp, 312pp, 309pp, 324pp. | Appearance: | Leather cover | Condition: | G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Rebound in full leather with new endpapers. Pages browned (commensurate with age); foxing to some volumes. Corner torn the dedication page of vol. III with loss to text. |
Published between 1728 and 1733. The original Tatler was founded in 1709 by Richard Steele, who used the nom de plume "Isaac Bickerstaff, Esquire", the first such consistently adopted journalistic pseudonym. Steele's idea was to publish the news and gossip heard in London coffee-houses using 'The Tatler' as a satirical medium through which to present such information. Regular contributers to 'The Tatler' were Jonathan Swift and Joseph Addison.
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