Letters written by the late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son, Philip Stanhope ... together with other several pieces on various subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the originals now in her possession ...
Dublin: printed for E. Lynch, W. Whitestone, J. Williams [et al.], 1774. 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 575, [1]; [2], 608, [4]; engraved portrait frontispiece in volume I after a painting by William Hoare; small chip out of the top of the spine on volume I, very light rubbing, otherwise a near fine copy in contemporary full mottled calf, red leather labels on spines. In this edition signature B in volume II is under "h" of "house." From the library of Hugh Montgomerie (1739-1819), 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish peer, politician, and well known composer, with his armorial bookplate in volume II and ownership signature in volume I. Chesterfield's famous letters written to his son, Phillip Stanhope, his illegitimate child by one Mlle. du Bouchet, in Flanders. These 395 letters were prepared for publication by his widow, Lady Chesterfield, within a year of his death. While it must be remembered that the letters were private and not intended for publication, the work attained immediate popularity, and it remains an essential literary and historical document of the eighteenth century. Gulick 4; Lowndes II, 434. Item #53995
Price: $375.00
