Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Title:
Letters to his son / Philip Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield ; selected, edited and introduced by James Harding ; wood-engravings by Richard Shirley Smith.
Published / Created:
London [England] : Folio Society, 1973.
Physical Description:
201, [1] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill., facsims., ports. : 23 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsMSS 17 Moss no. 95Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View finding aid for the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/ycba.mss.0017
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Set in 11-point monotype Baskerville with Old Face Open for display and printed in brown and black by W. and J. Mackay. Twelve wood-engraved head-and-shoulder portraits by Shirley Smith [Bain nos. 217-228], printed in pairs, in brown. Each is used twice, in a different combination, so there are twenty-four pairs in all."--Moss.Title after author's name and before editor's and engraver's namePublisher's statement before place of publication and date"The portrait frontispiece is from a painting of Phillip Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, by W. Hoare circa 1743 and is reproduced by courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London."--P. 4"The handwriting in Letters 39 and 43 is reproduced from the first edition (London, 1774) by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum."--P. 4Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 95Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 217-228Includes biographical index after textBAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original black buckram with Cockerell marbled paper boards, by W. and J. Mackay. In original slip case.BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.
Subject Terms:
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694–1773. Correspondence. | Stanhope, Philip, 1732–1768 -- Correspondence. | Young men -- Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800. | Etiquette -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.