Principles Of Politeness And Of Knowing The World By The Late Lord Chesterfield Methodized And

by Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield Fourth Earl Of

$750 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

Fourth American edition of Principles, but the first edition printed in America to contain both of these classic works of instructions for young women and men. The first American edition of Gregory's A Father's Legacy was published in New York in 1775, the first of Principles in 1778 in Philadelphia. The first edition of Trusler's work was published in 1775 and Gregory's work was first published in 1774.

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