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Title: Letters Written by the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; Late Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Dresden: Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects. Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, from the Originals in Her Possession Author: Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Place: London Publisher: J. Dodsley Date: 1774 Description: 4 vols. xvi, 352; [4], 355; [4], 376; [4], 364 pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. (8vo) 8¼x5, period calf, raised spine bands, gilt-lettered brown morocco spine labels. Second Edition. Chesterfield's famous letters to his son, written from 1737 onward, designed for the education of the young man, giving advice on all manner of affairs, but particularly good breeding. This second edition published the same year as the first. Gulick 5. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and minor staining to covers, spines somewhat darkened, wear to extremities, joints cracked or tender; offset to endpaper margins from binder's glue; else very good set. Item number: 126872