Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners, or , A new system of education : in which the principles of politeness, the art of acquiring a knowledge of the world, with every instruction necessary to form a man of honour, virtue, taste and fashion, are laid down in a plain, easy, familiar manner, adapted to every station and capacity : the whole arranged on a plan entirely new.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courtesy.

Conduct of life.

Penn Provenance:

Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus Philip, 1782-1844 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 126 pages ; 14 cm (18mo)

Other Title:

Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners

New system of education

Fingerprint:

N.nd i-to edt. paBe (3) 1781 (R)

Place of Publication:

London, printed: Philadelphia: Re-printed : and sold by T. Bradford and P. Hall, MDCCLXXXI [1781]

Notes:

Signatures: pi⁴ A-G⁹.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has the autograph of Henry A. Muhlenberg, dated 1798, at head of title page.

Culture Class Collection copy has some underlining in pencil throughout and an ms. correction in ink on p. 54.

Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Forrester, James. The polite philosopher, or , An essay on that art, which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others. Philadelphia : Re-printed and sold by T. Bradford and P. Hall, MDCCLXXXI. [1781].

Cited in:

ESTC, W30639

OCLC:

6584274