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Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 2 volume set. Full contemporary leather binding. Hinges cracked. Boards detached. Marbled end pages. Contemporary book plate of William Priestman, Princess-street Soho London. v. 1. Memoirs of Lord Chesterfield. Lord Chesterfield's miscellaneous pieces --v. 2. Lord Chesterfield's letters to his friends. Book I. Letters written in French, and translated into English. Book II. Letters to Solomon Dayrolles, of Henley-Park, esq; and to some other friends in England. Book III. Letters to Dr. Richard Chenevix, lord bishop of Waterford, and to some other friends in Ireland. By M. Maty, M.D. late principal librarian of the British museum and secretary to the Royal society. Dr. Maty died after completing the first five sections of the Memoirs, with the exception of a few passages and some notes. He left a rough draft of part of the last section and headings for the remainder. J.O. Justamond, his son-in-law, completed… Read More

Dublin: Watson, Whitestone, Sleater.., 1777. Hardcover. Very Good. Published 1777, 3 volumes, tall 8vo, original polished calf gilt, some expert renewal to spines and joints, minor institutional marks (bookplates on pastedowns, small embossed blindstamps on title pages, but very good set with light dryness and rubbing to spines, evidence of sticker removal to rear flyleaves. 355, 439, 439 pp, 8 plates in first volume as called for (including frontispiece).

London: J. Dodsley; Edward and Charles Dilly; T. Sherlock, et. Al., 1774. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good. 4to. 1174, 1777, 1778. Five volumes with matching full contemporary calf combining 2 vols of Letters and 3 vols. of "Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Consisting of Letters to his Friends, never before printed, and various other articles. To which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life, Tending to Illustrate the Civil, Literary, and political, History of his Time. By M Maty.". Vol 3 thereof entitled " . . . Consisting of Political Tracts, and Poems; Completing The Edition of His Lordship's Work Began by Dr. Maty, Collected, Arranged and Revised by B. W. of the Inner-Temple." vii + 567 + 606 + errata page (referring to vol 1) + 293 + 587 + 304, with indices, plates, etc. Complete. Bookplates in each volume on contemporary marbled FFP of Beaufort (Duke of Beaufort?). Some scattered foxing. Contemporary calf somewhat dry… Read More

London: fPrinted for J. Dodsley; Printed for Edward and Charles Dilley; Printed by and for T. Sherlock, 1774; 1777; 1778. 5 volumes. The First Edition of All Five Volumes. Presentation Copy From Mrs. Stanhope, the Publisher, with the inscription of the recipient and initials. Complete with all half-titles called for. Engraved portrait frontispiece in the first volume. 4to, very handsomely bound at the time in fine straight-grain red morocco over original gray paper covered boards, with elaborate gilt rules separating the compartments, two of which are lettered in gilt, the covers with gilt rules at the turnovers and joins. [4], vii, 568; [4], 606, [2 errata]; vii, [1], 342, [2 Errata], 293, [1], [1]; [4]. [1], [588]; [xi], 204 pp. A very handsome set of these iconic writings and including the very rare third volume of the Miscellanies, beautifully preserved with some very occasional foxing or browning RARE PRESENTATION COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF ALL FIVE VOLUMES OF THE LETTERS AND… Read More