Principles of politeness, and of knowing the world / by the late Lord Chesterfield. ; Methodised and digested under distinct heads, with additions, by the Reverend Dr. John Trusler: ; containing every instruction necessary to complete the gentleman and man of fashion, to teach him a knowledge of life, and make him well received in all companies.

Format:

• Microformat

Author/Creator:

• Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.

Contributor:

• Trusler, John, 1735-1820, editor.

Series:

• Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16077.

Standardized Title:

• Letters to his son. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773.
• Conduct of life.
• Etiquette.

Genre:

• Booksellers' catalogs -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
• Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Physical Description:

• 88 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
• 4x6 in.
• monochrome
• service copy
• negative

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street., M,DCC,LXXVIII. [1778]

Notes:

• Also issued as part of: Miscellanies for sentimentalists ... Philadelphia : Robert Bell, 1778 (Evans 15914).
• With a half-title.
• Printed in two columns.
• Bookseller's catalogue, p. [7-8], containing entries through the letter G. "This alphabetical catalogue will be completed and given gratis, when the select letters of Lord Chesterfield to his son are published, for which see the last page of this pamphlet." Bookseller's advertisement, p. 88.
• "Some account of the life of the late Earl of Chesterfield."--p. 49-60.
• Letters and miscellaneous pieces, p. 60-88.
• Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16077).

Cited in:

• Evans 16077
• Gulick, S.L. Chesterfield (2nd ed.), 72
• Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3812

OCLC:

152428365