Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son, on men and manners: or, A new system of education : In which the principles of politeness, the art of acquiring a knowledge of the world, are laid down in a plain, easy, and familiar manner. : To which are annexed, The polite philosopher: or An essay on the art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others. : Also, Lord Burghley's Ten precepts to his second son, Robert Cecil, afterwards the Earl of Salisbury.
| Author/creator | Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed for Thomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-Street, second door above Chesnut-Street, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786] |
| Description | vii, 2 unnumbered pages, 9-190 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 13 cm (12mo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Letters to his son |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20002. ^A478749 |
| General note | "The polite philosopher ..."--p. [132]-182. Attributed to James Forrester by Halkett & Laing. |
| General note | Bookseller's advertisements, p. [190-192]. |
| References | Evans 20002 |
| References | Gulick, S.L. Chesterfield (2nd ed.), 99 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20002). |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Pennsylvania Philadelphia. |
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