Author: Addison, Joseph - Steele, Sir Richard - Budgell, Eustace & Hampden, John [editor]
Title: Sir Roger De Coverly [ Coverley ]
Description: The Folio Society, 1967, 1st thus. Cloth, VG. 158pp, b/w frontis, vignettes, a fine copy lacking the slipcase. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ Collection of essays from the 'Spectator' which are concerned with the history of character of Sir Roger de Coverley. Addison & Steele invented the character & had him the archetypal country gentleman of the old Tory school - 'rather beloved than esteemed'.

Keywords: literature, satire, history, politics