1787 Supplement to the Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield, To His Son, Philip Stanhope

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First Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

The Letters to His Son were originally published in 1774. Upon the publication a further thirty nine letters were discovered, which were then published as this supplement. With the bookplate of Matthew Bell of Bourne Manor, Canterbury, to the front pastedown. Collated, complete. These letters were written by Philip Dormer Stanhope, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield to his illegitimate son. The letters were in French, English and Latin, to this volume all letters have an English translation. The letters are seen as a handbook to worldly success in the 18th century and provide advice for how a gentleman should interpret the social codes.