ADDISON, Joseph. Le Mentor moderne, ou Discours sur les moeurs du siècle. Published in La Haye by Frères Vaillant et Prevost in 1724. 3 volumes in-12, fawn speckled basane, ribbed spines set with gilt friezes, caissons decorated with fleurons and a gilt gun in the center, title in gold on red morocco leather, red speckled edges. Contemporary binding. XXII, 642 pp. and 1 f.n.c. ; 452 pp. and 3 f.n.c. ; XXII, 1 f.n.c., 642 pp. and 1 f.n.c., some endpapers, title printed in black and red. Bindings rubbed, some headpieces damaged, a few small pale freckles. Binder's error in volume 3: the last 2 leaves are those of volume 2 repeated. Second edition of the French translation by Justus van Effen (1684-1735). This collection compiles 145 articles from the daily newspaper The Spectator, edited by Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English statesman, writer and poet, and Richard Steele, who were then a brilliant pair of journalists. A pleasant copy of these reflections on 16th-century manners, complete in 3 volumes from the time.