Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son Philip Stanhope, Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Desden Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects

Philip Dormer Stanhope

Edité par J. Dodsley, London, 1774

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A complete four volume set of the third edition of this collection of letters written by the Earl of Chesterfield. Complete in four volumes. Third edition. Each volume contains a portrait frontispiece. A collection of letters written by British statesman, man of letters, and acclaimed wit of his time, Philip Dormer Stanhope, the fourth Earl of Chesterfield. The letters to his son, Philip Stanhope, a politician and British Ambassador to Spain, were mostly instructive, discussing geography, history, classical literature, and politics. Though Stanhope never intended these letters for publication, they have become his best known work. Published by Mrs Eugenia Stanhope, or Petronilla Melusine von der Schulenburg, the natural daughter of King George I of Great Britain and his longtime mistress Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal. In the original full mottled calf binding. Externally, very smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Boards slightly bowed, mainly to volume fourThe odd small mark to the board and minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light tide marks to the first few pages of volume one. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Near Fine.

N° de réf. du vendeur 869T74

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• Titre: Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son Philip Stanhope, Late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Desden Together with Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects
• Éditeur: J. Dodsley, London
• Date de parution: 1774
• Reliure: Leather
• Illustrateur: None
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• Type de livre: book