An antique book collections of four volumes of the edition titled The Papers of Joseph Addison in the Tatler, Spectator, Guardian and Freeholder, together with his treatise of the Christian religion, to which are prefixed Tickells life of the author, and extracts from Dr. Johnsons remarks on his prose writings printed for W. Creech and J. Sibbald, Edinburgh, 1790. Joseph Addison, 1672 to 1719, was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. Each book holds an ex libris label mounted to the inside cover. Antique Book Editions And Bibliophilia Collectibles.