Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope Esq., late envoy extraordinary at the court of Dresden : together with several other pieces on various subjects / published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession ; in two volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Stanhope, Philip, 1732-1768.

Stanhope, Eugenia, -1783.

Faulkner, George, 1703?-1775, bookseller.

Language:

English

French

Latin

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Conduct of life.

Etiquette--Early works to 1800.

Etiquette.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor)

Beverley, R. M. (bookplate)

Physical Description:

2 volumes : portrait ; 21 cm (8vo)

Fingerprint:

nge- mees u.s. Ando (3) 1774 (R) v. 1

y.s, lled e.nt moso (3) 1774 (R) v. 2

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed by G. Faulkner ..., MDCCLXXIV [1774]

Language Note:

Texts in English, Latin and French (with English translations).

Notes:

Signatures: v. 1: a⁴ B-2M⁸ 2N⁴ 2O1 ; v. 2: [A]1 B-2Q⁸ 2R².

Pagination: v. 1: viii, 553, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates ; v. 2: [2], 612 p.

Local Notes:

Penn Libraries copy bound in full calf; boards tooled in gold; 5 raised bands on spine; gold-tooled spine panels; red leather label with title stamped in gold and green leather label with volume number stamped in gold on spine; gold-tooled cover edges; marbled endpapers; all edges blue.

Penn Libraries copy: each vol. has bookplate of R.M. Beverley on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has ms. bibliographic note in pencil on verso of front free endpaper.

Penn Libraries copy: v. 1 has magazine clipping headed "Origin of a London house name" laid in.

Cited in:

ESTC T80890

OCLC:

5765982