English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)

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Buildings and alumni of Charterhouse, London and Surrey. Colour lithograph by Beynon & Company after [H. Hale].

Philosophers and writers: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Six portraits of eminent seventeenth century men. Engraving.

A group of doctors and medical students surround a dying patient. Watercolour attributed to T. Rowlandson.

Joseph Addison and Sir Roger de Coverley: an inn-sign with the head of Sir Roger is retouched as the Saracen's Head. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.P. Frith, 1867.

The works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison / [Joseph Addison].

[Joseph Addison correspondence].

The sacred theory of the earth. Containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things ... / [Thomas Burnet].

The spectator.

The art of living long / a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian Luidi Cornaro ; with essays by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

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Joseph Addison

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The works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison / [Joseph Addison].

[Joseph Addison correspondence].

The sacred theory of the earth. Containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things ... / [Thomas Burnet].

The spectator.

The art of living long / a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian Luidi Cornaro ; with essays by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

Frequent collaborators

Joseph Addison

Images from the collections

Images featuring Joseph Addison

Works from the collections

The works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison / [Joseph Addison].

[Joseph Addison correspondence].

The sacred theory of the earth. Containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things ... / [Thomas Burnet].

The spectator.

The art of living long / a new and improved English version of the treatise by the celebrated Venetian centenarian Luidi Cornaro ; with essays by Joseph Addison, Lord Bacon, and Sir William Temple.

Frequent collaborators

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