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2 volumes. [2], vii, 568; [2], 606 pp. Half titles and errata leaf not present. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (4to) 11x8¾. period full calf, modern rebacking, endpapers renewed. First Edition.

Second state of Volume1, page 55 (line 16 corrected). When Lord Chesterfield's illegitimate son turned five, the Earl began to write a series of letters of advice and fatherly wisdom to him. Though never intended for publication, these letters became extremely popular after Chesterfield's death.