Letters, sentences and maxims / Lord Chesterfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Thompson, J. Watson (James Watson), 1862-1936, associated name, former owner.

Henry Altemus Company, publisher.

Series:

[Altemus' new illustrated Vademecum series] ; [22]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Maxims.

Genre:

Sayings.

Publisher's advertisements.

Physical Description:

3-307 pages, 17 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : portrait ; 16 cm

Other Title:

Letters

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Henry Altemus, [1897]

Notes:

Binding is format 3 for Altemus's Vademecum series, specifically that used 1897. See www.henryaltemus.com/series/series179.htm (viewed 27 August 2026).

Series statement and volume number from publisher's advertisement.

Frontispiece plate (portrait of Lord Chesterfield).

Title (plate) in printed red within green floriate border; added title leaf (plate) printed in red on green illustrated scrollwork background.

"Henry Altemus' publications Philadelphia, Pa.": Pages [2]-[17] at end.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

LIBRA Rare BJ1671 .C53 1897 purchased for the Penn Libraries from Patrick Richardson Graham in 2011. Dated 19th-century autograph ("J. Watson Thompson, Cambridge, Dor. Co., Maryland. Dec. 15. 1897.") of J. Watson Thompson (1862-1936) on front pastedown. A few manuscript marks in pencil in text. Left board dampstained.

OCLC:

1613425939