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 InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Jacob Johnson & Co. Market-Street, no. 147, M,DCC,LXIV. [i.e., 1795?]
Description124, iv, 3 unnumbered pages, 132-184 pages ; 14 cm (8vo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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Uniform titleLetters to his son
SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 29560. ^A478749
General note"The polite philosopher; or, An essay on the art which makes a man happy in himself, and agreeable to others."--iv, [3], 132-177 p., with separate title page, with imprint date 1795. Attributed to James Forrester by Halkett & Laing.
References Evans 29560
References Gulick, S.L. Chesterfield (2nd ed.), 110
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 29560).

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