Letters, sentences and maxims / Lord Chesterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Maxwell, James Davidson, 1883-1952, associated name, former owner.

Tuck, Elizabeth Peck, 1863-1953, associated name, inscriber.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

[Altemus' illustrated Vademecum series] ; [29]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Maxims.

Genre:

Sayings.

Publisher's advertisements.

Physical Description:

307 pages, 25 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 17 cm

Other Title:

Chesterfield's letters

Letters

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus Company, [1902]

Notes:

Binding is format 2 for Altemus's Vademecum series, specifically that used 1902. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series180.htm (viewed 27 August 2026).

Series statement and volume number from publisher's advertisement.

Title (plate) printed in red within green floriate border.

"Publications of Henry Altemus Company Philadelphia": Pages [2]-[25] at end.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare BJ1671 .C53 1902 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Dated 20th-century manuscript inscription ("From Your Mother to James Davidson Maxwell On His Twentieth Birthday March 30th 1903") recording the gift of this volume to James Davidson Maxwell (1883-1952) from his mother Elizabeth Maxwell (née Peck, later Tuck; 1863-1953) on front free endpaper.

OCLC:

1613427176