Letters Written By the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden, Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects, in Four Volumes by Stanhope, Philip Dormer (Earl of Chesterfield) - 1774

London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Hardcover. Very Good. . Volumes 1-3 only, lacking volume 4. Half-leather covers with minor wear and rubbing. Old price sticker on the front pastedown of volume 1. Pages show minor scattered foxing.

London: J Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 11.5" by 9"`. None. An attractive two volume first edition of the letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. First edition, second state, with Vol I, P 55, L 16 reading 'qui auroit' Collated: Complete with half titles and errata slip to the rear of volume II. Frontispiece to volume I. A pleasing copy in the original binding with wide margins. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, was a British statesman and man of letters. After Chesterfield's death Eugenia Stanhope, the widow of his illegitimate son, published this work which comprised the thirty year correspondence between Chesterfield and his son, Philip Stanhope. The letters contain discourses on language, geography, history, classical literature and politics. The letters served as a handbook on becoming a gentleman in 18th century life, and it is this work which established Chesterfield's literary reputation. The circumstances around the… Read More