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Chesterfield, Philip Earl of
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- Chesterfield, Philip Earl of
- Letters written by the late right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; late envoy extraordinary at the court of Dresden... London: J. Dodsley, 1774 — Miscellaneous Works of the late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: consisting of letters to his friends ... Memoirs of his life tending to illustrate the civil, literary, and political, History of his time. By M. Maty. … London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777
- Ink, paper and cow
Together two works in four volumes, 4to (11 1/2 x 8 5/8 in.; 292 x 220 mm).
Letters: two frontispiece portraits (volume 1), errata leaf (volume 2), scattered pencil markings and a few notes on margins of volume 2, spotting and foxing, a few leaves slightly short. Miscellaneous Works: eight engraved medallion portraits in volume 1, some marginal tears, spotting, foxing and offsetting.
Uniformly bound in contemporary red morocco, elaborate gilt rolls on panels, spines with gilt elaborated tooling, green morocco lettering pieces. Spines slightly faded, joints fragile, some bumps and rubbing.
Letters: two frontispiece portraits (volume 1), errata leaf (volume 2), scattered pencil markings and a few notes on margins of volume 2, spotting and foxing, a few leaves slightly short. Miscellaneous Works: eight engraved medallion portraits in volume 1, some marginal tears, spotting, foxing and offsetting.
Uniformly bound in contemporary red morocco, elaborate gilt rolls on panels, spines with gilt elaborated tooling, green morocco lettering pieces. Spines slightly faded, joints fragile, some bumps and rubbing.
Provenance
General Sir John Irwine (bookplate) — Sotheby's London, 2008, lot 55. acquisition: Purchased in the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch
Catalogue Note
Rare in contemporary morocco binding. From the library of General Sir John Irwine, Knight of the Bath and Commander-in-Chief in Ireland. Irwine was a friend of Chesterfield. Eleven letters by Chesterfield to Irwine are published in Chesterfield's Miscellaneous Works (volume 2, pp.553-67).