8vo. iv, 444pp. Contemporary half-calf tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering-pieces, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Internally clean and crisp.

The second printing of the complete 29 issue run of police magistrate Thomas Walker's (1784-1836) weekly periodical. Printed every Wednesday between 20th May and 2nd December 1835, The Original collected Walker's thoughts on a diverse range of subjects, comprising, as stated in the prefatory address: 'whatever is most interesting and important in Religion and Politics, in Morals and Manners, and in our Habits and Customs', with the intention of raising 'the national tone in whatever concerns us socially or individually' and provide 'an alternative diet of sound and comfortable doctrines blended with innoxious amusement.'