Instructions to a son : containing rules of conduct in publick and private life under the following heads: Religion. Marriage. The court. Friendship. Travelling. Housekeeping and hospitality. Tenants and other concerns of estate. Study and exercise. Of pleasure, idleness, &c. / by Archibald Marquis of Argyle. Address'd to his children, and to his eldest son in particular. Written in the year 1660, during his confinement. To which are added by the same noble author, General maxims of life. Maxims political and military, under the following heads: The prince. War. Courage. Command. Fortune. Victory. Miscellaneous observations.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquess of, -1661.

Contributor:

Foulis, Robert, 1707-1776, printer.

Hamilton and Balfour (Edinburgh, Scotland), bookseller.

Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Conduct of life.

Maxims--Early works to 1800.

Maxims.

Youth--Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Youth.

Youth--Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 126 pages ; 16 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Advice to a young lord.

Fingerprint:

s-t- ndso t,ne Anby (3) 1743 (A)

Place of Publication:

Glasgow : Printed by R. Foulis, and sold by him there ; at Edinburgh : By Mess. Hamilton and Balfour, 1743.

Notes:

Signatures: pi1 A-K⁶ L²(L2+chi1).

"Maxims of state by the Marquis of Argyle": p. [91]-120.

"Miscellaneous observations": p. 121-126.

Originally published in 1661.

The enlarged edition of 1691 was published anonymously under the title "Advice to a young lord" and was ascribed erroneously to Baron Fairfax.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.

Penn Libraries copy has front cover detached.

Cited in:

ESTC N8700

Osborne catalogue, II:698

Contains:

Maxims of state.

OCLC:

317612742