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Letters written by The Late Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. Late Envoy-Extraordinary at The Court of Dresden, Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects, In Four Volumes. Published from The Originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. The Eleventh Edition, In Which are Inserted, In Their Proper Places, Several Letters That Were Wanting at The Time of The First Publication..
Letters written by The Late Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. Late Envoy-Extraordinary at The Court of Dresden, Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects, In Four Volumes. Published from The Originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. The Eleventh Edition, In Which are Inserted, In Their Proper Places, Several Letters That Were Wanting at The Time of The First Publication..

Letters written by The Late Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. Late Envoy-Extraordinary at The Court of Dresden, Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects, In Four Volumes. Published from The Originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. The Eleventh Edition, In Which are Inserted, In Their Proper Places, Several Letters That Were Wanting at The Time of The First Publication.

Stanhope, Philip Dormer · London

Author
Stanhope, Philip Dormer
Date
1797
Place
London
Publisher
Printed for P. Dodsley
Language
English
Binding
16mo.(3.25" x 5.5") Four volumes complete 297, 278, 278, 270 + 49 pp. Full brown mottled leather. Spines with faded single gilt rule bands and gilt vol#. All edges speckled blue. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, most through to boards, extremities rubbed, chipped with loss, head and foot of spines chipped with loss, joints tender, most boards held by cords. First and last few leaves foxed, toned, with stains to page margins, some chipping to fore-edge. Boards scuffed and rubbed, chipped to edges with small loss. Bookseller's (A.J. Toplady, 50 York St. S.W.) small label to foot of first free endpaper, shelf label to head of front pastedowns, prior owners name neatly in old ink to head of first free flyleaf of Vol.1, dated February 1899. Vol.2 with marginal stains and loss to prelims. A rough set of 18th century books, but complete, a shabby chic look for your shelf.
Category
Fore-Edge Paintings
Record
S.I.10087

Letters written by The Late Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq. Late Envoy-Extraordinary at The Court of Dresden, Together With Several Other Pieces on Various Subjects, In Four Volumes. Published from The Originals by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope. The Eleventh Edition, In Which are Inserted, In Their Proper Places, Several Letters That Were Wanting at The Time of The First Publication. Philip Dormer Stanhope. 1797. London: Printed for P. Dodsley. 16mo.(3.25" x 5.5") Four volumes complete 297, 278, 278, 270 + 49 pp. Full brown mottled leather. Spines with faded single gilt rule bands and gilt vol#. All edges speckled blue. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, most through to boards, extremities rubbed, chipped with loss, head and foot of spines chipped with loss, joints tender, most boards held by cords. First and last few leaves foxed, toned, with stains to page margins, some chipping to fore-edge. Boards scuffed and rubbed, chipped to edges with small loss. Bookseller's (A.J. Toplady, 50 York St. S.W.) small label to foot of first free endpaper, shelf label to head of front pastedowns, prior owners name neatly in old ink to head of first free flyleaf of Vol.1, dated February 1899. Vol.2 with marginal stains and loss to prelims. A rough set of 18th century books, but complete, a shabby chic look for your shelf.

Condition

Fair

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