Letters written by the late Right Honorable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary to the Court of Dresden; together with His Lordship's life, and an account of his son; the art of pleasing, an additional series of letters; some poems; and several other pieces on various subjects. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].

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  • Letters written by the late Right Honorable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary to the Court of Dresden; together with His Lordship's life, and an account of his son; the art of pleasing, an additional series of letters; some poems; and several other pieces on various subjects. In two volumes. Vol. I[-II].
  • Letters to his son
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Imprint
Boston: Printed for John Boyle, and John Douglass M'Dougall, MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
Publication year
1779-1779
ESTC No.
W30636
Grub Street ID
340987
Description
2 v. ; 12⁰
Note
Imprint of v. 2 varies: Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall, for John Boyle, and J.D. M'Dougall of Boston. MDCCLXXIX.

Pagination: v. 1, 7, [3], xxiii, [1], 460, [2] p.; v. 2, 620 p.

Error in paging: in some copies, p. 270 of v. 2 is misnumbered 702.

Evans' entry for a Providence edition printed by Bennett Wheeler (Evans 16536) is based on Wheeler's advertisement in his American journal of May 7, 1779 and subsequent issues, probably for copies of the present edition. See Alden 765.
Uncontrolled note
Signatures: v. 1, pi? [A]? B-3N? (3N4 blank); v. 2, [A]? B-4E? 4F? (W included in register of both volumes)