Title: Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son... Author: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Place: London Publisher: J. Dodsley Date: 1774 Description: 2 volumes. [4], vii, [1], 568; [4], 606 pp. + errata leaf. Half-titles. Engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Vitalba from a painting by Hoare. (4to) 11½x8½, full red straight-grained morocco, gilt-ruled, spine gilt-lettered, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt; cloth slipcase. First Edition. Very handsome copy of the first edition of these famous letters. Charles Francis Adam says, "No man ever put into more attractive shape the maxims of a worldly Epicurean philosophy." Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase faded; volumes inconspicuously rebacked, light wear to spines; faded ownership inscriptions on the half-titles, intermittent mild foxing; near fine. Item number: 163261
Title: Letters written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his Son... Author: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Place: London Publisher: J. Dodsley Date: 1774 Description: 2 volumes. [4], vii, [1], 568; [4], 606 pp. + errata leaf. Half-titles. Engraved portrait frontispiece by J. Vitalba from a painting by Hoare. (4to) 11½x8½, full red straight-grained morocco, gilt-ruled, spine gilt-lettered, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt; cloth slipcase. First Edition. Very handsome copy of the first edition of these famous letters. Charles Francis Adam says, "No man ever put into more attractive shape the maxims of a worldly Epicurean philosophy." Lot Amendments Condition: Slipcase faded; volumes inconspicuously rebacked, light wear to spines; faded ownership inscriptions on the half-titles, intermittent mild foxing; near fine. Item number: 163261
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