A LETTER FROM PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (AUTHOR OF "LETTERS TO HIS SON") TO WILLIAM STANHOPE LORD HARRINGTON, THEN SECRETARY OF STATE :, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LETTER IN THE POSSESSION OF VISCOUNT CARLOW.

CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl Of,

Published by Corvinus Press, London,, 1937

About this Item

First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. [12]p ;, 24cms tall. Note The edition was abandoned in 1937, and the sheets were not issued until the 1970s (information from 'The Corvinus Press' by Nash and Flavell, 1994). Note Unbound leaves, leaves unopened. Note Place of publication from Cambridge University library catalogue. Note With a half-title: "A letter from the Earl of Chesterfield to Lord Harrington". Note Marathon type on J. B. Green handmade paper ; watermarked ; deckled edges. Note ECL copy: One of 30 copies. This unnumbered. Letter written in 1731 at Hague when Chesterfield was ambassador to Holland, concerns (successful) negotiations with Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. Fine.Very faint tanning. Excellent condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A LETTER FROM PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (AUTHOR OF "LETTERS TO HIS SON") TO WILLIAM STANHOPE LORD HARRINGTON, THEN SECRETARY OF STATE :, PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL LETTER IN THE POSSESSION OF VISCOUNT CARLOW.
• Publisher: Corvinus Press, London,
• Publication Date: 1937
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine