The Spectator, Volume The Eighth

Undated but circa 1780. iv, 300pp, [12]. Bound in full calf's leather with gilt embellishments on spine. 12mo. Boards heavily worn, rubbed all round edges, scuffed and marked, cracked along spine joints, gilding rubbed away. Text block edges darkened. Hinges cracked and endpapers creased. Top corner of front free endpaper trimmed away, pencil doodle. Top corner of frontispiece also trimmed away. A little spotting and rusting on first and last few pages. One signature partially detached. A collection issues of the daily The Spectator from 14 June 1714 to its last issue on 20 December 1714.