200pp. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 4to. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends, gently rounded on corners, a few marks. Title page a little misaligned. Ex university library with usual markings else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
A collection of primary sources, largely drawn from journals and printed sources of the day, designed to illimate themes and trends in 18th century life. Topics include: Daily Life; Landscape and Art; Order and Morality; Satires and Squibs. Contributions from the likes of Defoe, Cowper, Charles Wesley, Lady Montagu, Swift, Cleland, Dryden etc.
