Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners: Or, A New System of Education, In which the Principles of Politeness, The Art of acquiring a Knowledge of the World With every Instruction necessary to form a Man of Honour, Virtue, Taste, and Fashion, are laid down in A Plain, Easy, Familiar Manner, adapted to every station and capacity. The whole arranged on A Plan Entirely New. [AND]: The Polite Philosopher; or, An Essay on the Art which makes a man Happy in himself and agreeable to others. A New Edition
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London: Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater..., 1792. 2 volumes in 1. 12mo (in 6s), pp. 180, continuous collation and pagination for both works, with divisional title-page for "Polite Philosopher" following p. 118, contemporary sheepskin; no end-papers, rubbed and worn, joints holding on for dear life, most of spine missing with cords exposed. Provenance: "John Burdett's and Burdett's [sic] Book March 17th 1804 Saxmundham Suffolk" on front paste-down end-paper. The first edition with this title was published in Edinburgh in 1775, and ESTC locates another 34 others, though the first to include The Polite Philosopher was in 1782. ESTC distinguishes between two editions with this date and imprint: as above, T222935 (BL only), and T214375 (ZDU), with different pagination (18mo: [2], vii, [1], 184p) and The Polite Philosopher on the primary title-page.
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- Lord Chesterfield's Advice to his Son, on Men and Manners: Or, A New System of Education, In which the Principles of Politeness, The Art of acquiring a Knowledge of the World With every Instruction necessary to form a Man of Honour, Virtue, Taste, and Fashion, are laid down in A Plain, Easy, Familiar Manner, adapted to every station and capacity. The whole arranged on A Plan Entirely New. [AND]: The Polite Philosopher; or, An Essay on the Art which makes a man Happy in himself and agreeable to others. A New Edition
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- London: Printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater..., 1792
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