The oeconomy of human life. / Translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. ; To which is prefixed an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discover'd. In a letter from an English gentleman, now residing in China, to the Earl of *****.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764, author.

Contributor:

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

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6836.

Standardized Title:

Economy of human life. Part 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Maxims.

Genre:

Prospectuses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 14-40 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf)

Edition:

The seventh edition.

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : London: printed, Boston: reprinted and sold by D. Fowle in Queen-Street., 1752.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Part I only.

Generally attributed to Robert Dodsley. The Dictionary of national biography attributes Part I to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, and Part II to John Hill.

"Sold by D. Fowle in Queen-Street, The authentick narrative of the success of tar-water, in curing a great number and variety of distempers ..."-- unnumbered leaf at end. The authentick narrative, by Thomas Prior, was published at Boston by Rogers and Fowle in 1749.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 6836).

Cited in:

Evans 6836

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