Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of (1694--1773) - Correspondence
[Letters to his son. French. 1812]
Lettres du comte de Chesterfield à son fils Philippe Stanhope, envoyé extraordinaire à la cour de Dresde; avec quelques pièces diverses. Tome premier (- quatrième).
Paris (Place), Volland aíné et jeune, libraires. Ferra aíné, libraire. H. Verdière, libraire,, 1812.
4 vols ; 17,0 cm. (12º)
I: [2], xii, 407, [1] p.
II: [4], 396 p.
III: [4], 372 p.
IV: [4], 408 p.

First published in 1774 (q.v.); the French translation of Lord Chesterfield's immensely popular Letters to his son first appeared in 1775. Imprint from verso of the half-title: Imprimerie d'André, à Coulommiers.

Copy Notes Bought from James Moyes for £1 2s. 6d., 27 September 1822. (Spiers Box. Purchases through Personal Friends).

Binding C19th 'catspaw' sponged calf, gilt-tooled spines, green morocco spine-labels.

Reference Number 3843

Additional Names Moyes, James (1779--1838), printer; Stanhope, Philip (1732--1768); Stanhope, Eugenia (d.$1783)