Letters written by the late Right Honourable Phillip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary to the Court of Dresdon: : 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 four volumes. Vol. I.. [-IV]
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,Earl of,1694-1773.
Holland, Michael(Michael J.),former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh: : Printed for C. Macfarquhar, and sold by the booksellers.,
M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
This is the first Edinburgh edition of Chesterfield's 'letters'. The English printer, James Dodsley, successfully applied to the Scottish Court of Session to have this pirate edition, printed by Colin Macfarquhar for Charles Elliot, suppressed. Extant copies of this edition are therefore scarce.
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Gulick,
Volume 1 has the armorial bookplate of "Michael Holland". Written in manuscript above this "Michael Holland / Smeeth Hill".
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