Numbers I-XL through Thursday, May 27, 1714. On Number IV the name of "Marmaduke Myrtle, Gent," i.e., Steele, first appears. Addison, who assisted Steele, is said to have written Number X.
STEELE, Sir Richard.—The Crisis: or, a Discourse Representing, From the most Authentick Records, The just Causes of the Happy Revolution: and The several Settlements of the Crowns of England and Scotland on Her Majesty; and on the Demise of her Majesty without Issue, upon the Most Illustrious Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the Heirs of Her Body being Protestants; by previous Acts of both Parliaments of the late Kingdoms of England and Scotland; and confirmed by the Parliament of Great Britain. With some seasonable remarks On the Danger of a Popish Successor . . . By Richard Steele Esq; London: Printed by Sam. Buckley; and Sold by Ferd. Burleigh, . . . 1714. 4to, red levant morocco, gilt back, side panel, uncut edges, by David.
First edition.
STEELE, Sir Richard, editor.—Poetical Miscellanies, Conſiſting of original poems and translations. By the beſt Hands. Publiſh'd by Mr. Steele. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson . . . MDDC XIV. Small 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
First edition, with misprint in the date on the title-page, the leaves of contents following the dedication, and a final blank leaf, X8.
Frontispiece by Du Guernier after Laguerre. Contains the first version of Pope's "Wife of Bath her Prologue, From Chaucer," "The Arrival of Ulysses in Ithaca, being Part of the XIIIth Book of Homer's Odysses," and "The Gardens of Alcinous, from the Seventh Book of Homer's Odysses."
Other contributors are Steele, Parnell, Eusden, Tickell, William Harrison, and Gay.
STEELE, Sir Richard, editor.—Poetical Miscellanies, Conſiſting of original poems and translations. By the beſt Hands. Publiſh'd by Mr. Steele. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson . . . M DCC XIV. Small 8vo, light brown levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.
Second edition, with the misprint in the date on the title-page corrected, and the contents reset in smaller type in two leaves instead of three. Although the text is the same, line for line, as in the first edition, an examination of separate pages shows that the type has been not only reset, but with a different fount. Page 193 gives clear evidence of this fact. The brackets and ornaments in this edition are different from those in the other. There is no final blank leaf, X8.
STEELE, Sir Richard.—The Dramatick Works Of the Late Sir Richard Steele . . . London, Printed for W. Feales . . . [1730-'33.] 12mo, green levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges.