Miscellaneous works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield :
consisting of letters to his friends, never before printed, and various other articles : to which are prefixed, memoirs of his life, tending to illustrate the civil, literary, and political history of his time /
by M. Maty ...
Description
- Related Names
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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.
Caldwall, James, 1739-1819.
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618-1680.
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815.
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790.
Justamond, J. O. (John Obadiah), d. 1786.
Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776.
- Language(s)
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English ; French
- Published
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London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1779.
- Edition
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The second edition, in four volumes /
- Subjects
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, /
Earl of,
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, / Earl of, /
1694-1773
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, / Earl of, / 1694-1773 /
Biography.
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope,
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, /
Earl of,
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, / Earl of, /
1694-1773.
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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, / Earl of, / 1694-1773. /
Correspondence.
Character sketches.
Authors, English
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Authors, English /
18th century
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Authors, English / 18th century /
Correspondence.
Statesmen
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Statesmen /
Great Britain
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Statesmen / Great Britain /
Correspondence.
Great Britain
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Great Britain /
History
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Great Britain / History /
18th century
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Great Britain / History / 18th century /
Biography.
- Note
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Includes indexes.
Illustrations: 8 prints : engraving ; full-page. Chiefly medallion ports. of Chesterfield, his relations and correspondents. Comprise frontispiece (v. 1) port. of Chesterfield by J.K. Sherwin; port. of Lady Stanhope (Chesterfield's grandmother) by F. Bartolozzi after Sir P. Lilli (Lely); allegorical frontispiece (v. 2) by J. Caldwall after G.B. Cipriani; 5 ports. by J. Caldwall.
Publisher's advertisements: v. 4, p. [107] (last group).
"Characters by Lord Chesterfield, contrasted with characters of the same great personages by other respectable writers, &c. Intended as an appendix to his lordship's miscellaneous works": v. [4], p. [403-406], 1-106 (4th group).
Signatures: v. 1: A-Z⁸ 2A⁴; v. 2: [A]² B-2C⁸ 2D⁶; v. 3: [A]² B-2C⁸ 2D1; v. 4: [A]² B-2C⁸ 2D1(+2D2·2D3) ²B-G⁸ H⁴ I1, chi1.
Vol. 1: vii, [8]-375, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 411, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 3: [2], 401, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 4: [4], 401, [5], 106, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates.
Portions in French.
Edited by John Obadiah Justamond.
- Physical Description
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4 v. :
ports. ;
22 cm. (8vo)
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