Oeconomy of Human Life

THE

OE C O N O M Y

OF

H U M A N L I F E,

TRANSLATED FROM AN

Indian Manuscript,

WRITTEN BY AN ANCIENT BRAMIN.

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LONDON :

W. GARDINER

1806

DESCRIPTION

(ii) + x + 116pp + (ii)

Book measures 175mm x 110mm approximately.

Beautifully bound in full rich very deep blue calf. Spine with wide gilt bands and decorative gilt blocks with maroon title label. Boards with single gilt fillet border and further decorative gilt borders and blind-tooled central panel, and gilt inner dentelle work. Series of classical engravings throughout. All page edges in gilt.

CONDITION

Holding firm and strong. Boards and spine retain a nice rich lustre with just occasional minor surface scratches and a few small marks, with some very minor bumping to corners, nothing more.

Internally the pages are generally clean, although with random small patches of foxing and spots to just a few random spots to most pages. A few pages, A3, vi, 44, 115 have darker marks or patches. Bookseller plate of Foyle of London to rear paste-down.

Bookplate of well-known bibliophile Robert Hayhurst central to front paste-down. Hayhurst was born in Nelson, Lancashire and Chelsea College, London where he qualified as a Chemist and Druggist in 1952 and became a successful pharmacist and antiquarian. Hayhurst amassed a significant and substantial collection of antiquarian volumes, many of which are now in circulation among collectors and bookdealers.

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INTERESTING

This work, or its translation was first published by Dodsley in 1750. Considered by scholars as one of the most important productions of its time, it comprises a collection of moral aphorisms, and enjoyed a huge popularity, especially as it was attributed to Lord Chesterfield, some believe that Dodsley allowed such a rumour to flourish to promote sales.