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Table of contents :
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments (page vii)
Introduction (page 1)
A Chesterfield Bibliography (page 27)
I. Preliminary Publication [no. 1] (page 29)
II. The Letters [nos. 2-27] (page 31)
III. Supplement [nos. 28-32] (page 66)
IV. Notes, Index, and Prospectus [nos. 33-37] (page 69)
V. Translations [nos. 38-53] (page 72)
VI. Adaptations and Abridgments [nos. 54-127] (page 94)
VII. Burlesques, etc. [nos. 128-139] (page 156)
VIII. The Art of Pleasing [nos. 140-145] (page 166)
IX. Miscellanea [nos. 146-160] (page 171)
X. Works on Lord Chesterfield [nos. 161-181] (page 192)
Appendix: Other Works by or Attributed to Lord Chesterfield (page 205)
I. Major Sources (page 207)
II. Miscellaneous Pieces (page 208)
III. Periodical Essays (page 211)
IV. The Poems (page 212)
V. The Political Pamphlets (page 223)
Works Cited and Other Important Editions (page 235)
Index to the Editions (page 239)
Index to Printers and Booksellers (page 245)
General Index (page 249)

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A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 SECOND EDITION

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A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 Sidney L. Gulicr Cy»

SECOND EDITION

PUBLISHED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE

Published with assistance from the Lathrop Colgate Harper Litt. D. Trust Fund

Copyright © 1979 by the Bibliographical Society of America First published 1935 Second edition 1979

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Gulick, Sidney Lewis, 1902A Chesterfield bibliography to 1800. Revision of the 1935 ed. originally published as v. 29 of the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Includes index.

1. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of, 1694-1773—Bibliography. I. Title. II. Series: Bibliographical Society of America. Papers ; v. 29. Z8166.4G9 1979 [PR3346.C2] 016.941'07'20924 [B]

ISBN 0-8139-0815-9 78-25886 Printed in the United States of America

Contents Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1 I. Preliminary 1 I]. The Publication 3 III. The Text of the Letters 5 A. The Letters: Authorized Editions 6 B. Dodsley’s Octavo Editions 7 C. The Letters: Unauthorized Editions 9° IV. Adaptations and Abridgments of the Letters 11 A. Adaptations: The Maxims — 13

B. Adaptations: The Advice 14 C. Adaptations: Principles of Politeness 16

Explanatory Notes 22 Key to Location of Copies; Abbreviations 24 A Chesterfield Bibliography — 27

I. Preliminary Publication [no. 1] 29 II. The Letters [nos.2-27] 31 III. Supplement [nos. 28-32] 66 IV. Notes, Index, and Prospectus [nos. 33-37] 69 V. Translations [nos. 38-53] 72

A. Letters [nos. 38-44] 72 B. Selections and Related Works [nos. 45-50] 80 C. Other Works [nos. 51-53] 90 VI. Adaptations and Abridgments [nos. 54-127] 94 A. The Life of Chesterfield [nos. 54-56] 94 B. Principles of Politeness [nos.57-91.7] 96 C. Lord Chesterfield’s Advice [nos.92-113.3] 126

D. Maxims [nos.114-118] 146 E. Miscellaneous [nos. 119-127] 150 VII. Burlesques, etc. [nos. 128-139] — 156

vi Contents VIM. The Art of Pleasing [nos. 140-145] 166 IX. Miscellanea [nos. 146-160] 171 X. Works on Lord Chesterfield [nos. 161-181] 192 “Appendix: Other Works by or Attributed to Lord Chesterfield 205 I. Major Sources — 207

II. Miscellaneous Pieces 208 III. Periodical Essays = 211

IV. The Poems 212 V. The Political Pamphlets 223 A. The Hanover Pamphlets = 223 B. An Apology for a Late Resignation 228

Works Cited and Other Important Editions 235

Index to the Editions 239 Index to Printers and Booksellers 245 General Index 249

Acknowledgments Although for the most part bibliography is by its nature a solitary occupation, the bibliographer is dependent on many others for collecting, cataloguing, and making available the books that he must examine. Those who have made my work possible

are toO numerous to name, but their services include both the routine and the extraordinary. For one example of the latter, near the end of the first week of a projected fortnight at the then British Museum Library I saw notices that the Reading Room would be closed the next week for the annual cleaning. After fruitlessly trying to change my schedule, I presented my problem to the supervisors, who thereupon kindly arranged to have a truckload of books sent to the Department

of Oriental Manuscripts for me to examine. Again, on a Sunday in Canberra, Australia, as our tour group was being shown the stained-glass windows in the National Library, I glanced through the card catalogue and identified an unknown edition. The Rare Book Room would be open the next morning at nine; my tour left for Melbourne at eleven. A scribbled note—without prior correspondence or special credentials—was all I had time for at the moment, but when I arrived at nine I found the desired volume and all the other Chesterfieldiana in the collection laid out for me. And I have had similar experiences at other libraries, at home and abroad. The courtesy and helpfulness of library staffs and directors wherever I have gone are comparable and equally heartwarming. In the routine line of duty, the interlibrary loan staff at San Diego State University and cooperating libraries across the country have provided unusual books and—when I needed rare books—xerox and microfilm copies that have saved me many hours and long journeys. Among individuals, I name with deep gratitude the late Robert F. Metzdorf, a

friend for over forty years, who encouraged me and from time to time sent me memoranda on my interests. Also, Professor Cecil Price of University College, Swansea, Wales, has for over twenty years shared with me his Chesterfieldian discoveries and has: glanced through the manuscript and made a number of suggestions. Most recently, Professor William B. Todd of the University of Texas provided many helpful suggestions and began preparing the manuscript for the press. These are but three whom I can name; as I go through these pages, I recall many others whom I cannot name and thank individually, but to whom I owe and gladly acknowledge my debt of gratitude. Finally, my double thanks go to the Bibliographical Society of America, for twice undertaking the publication of this bibliography—the first time in 1935 and again now—and to my wife, for encouraging me and putting up with me again on this second time around.

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Introduction I. PRELIMINARY This edition of A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 began as a supplement to the original

edition, published in 1935 as volume 29 in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. When I looked at the completed supplement, compiled on the principle that it should conform in every respect to the original, I saw that it was half as long as that

original and had all of its deficiencies: it was obsolete even in the typescript. Consequently, I set about preparing a completely revised edition, redoing the collation of every item in both the Brbliography and the supplement, and following as far as I could the procedures set out in current bibliographical manuals.

A new edition provides an opportunity for collecting scattered material and for adding interpretations and conclusions to the matter already in hand. Accordingly, the Introduction to this edition is somewhat lengthened, and now adds sections on the publication of the Letters and on the relationships of the many editions, both authorized and unauthorized, of the Letters and of the adaptations.

It is remarkable that Lord Chesterfield’s reputation did not sink utterly under the | abuse that followed the publication of his Letters to his Son in 1774, a year after his death. That it did not is proof of an astonishing vitality, which may be ascribed to two causes. The first was the outspoken appreciation of many readers and critics. This factor, if one may judge from the contemporary references to Chesterfield, was of decreasing importance. To the second factor mute evidence is borne by the bulk of this bibliography; wide private commendation resulted in a continued sale of the works long after criticism and editorial outburst had died down. Thus the public called for many editions of the Letters and of the adaptations. These, with increasing influence, were responsible for maintaining the position of Lord Chesterfield as the model of politeness, the pattern of good manners. The public seized upon him in this light so firmly that his fame even today retains its double aspect: although scorned for teaching immorality by those who rely mainly on tradition, he is remembered as the politest man

of his time. Before 1800, in thousands of homes there were copies of one of the numerous editions of the Letters; in tens of thousands were abridgments and adaptations based upon Chesterfield’s fatherly advice to his son. It is the sheer number of these that makes them significant. Nothing could be a surer indication of the extraordinary popularity of Chesterfield’s _ Letters than its sale, hardly to be matched in the eighteenth century. The accompanying Table 1, based upon the details in the following pages, shows what that popularity was. Comment is superfluous, but the temptation to call especial attention to the number of

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Table 1.

Eighteenth-century editions of the LETTERS

ography ,

Number

in Bibli- Edition Format Volumes Price Date of Publication

23 Dublin First (Dodsley) 4to 2 2/2/0 7 April 1774 (Faulkner) 8 vo 2 13/0 30 April 1774

45 Second Dublin (Lynch) 8 vo 2 — 1774 (Dodsley) 8 vo 4 1/1/0 16 June 1774 67 Fourth Third (Dodsley) 8 vo 4 1/1/0 23 July 1774 (Dodsley) 4to 2 2/2/0 29 October 1774

8 Fifth (Dodsley) 8 vo 4 1/1/0 19 November 1774 9 Dublin (Faulkner) 8 vo 2 8/8 22 November 1774

10 Edinburgh (Macfarquhar) 12 mo 4 — 1775

i Dublin (Lynch) 8 vo 2 = {vo Pad

12 Dublin (Lynch) 12 mo 4 — Vols. 1, 2,Vols.1775 3, 4, 1774 13 Sixth (Dodsley) 8 vo 4 1/1/0 11 April 1775 14 New YorkYork “third” 8 vo 4 -8vo 1/6/0 11 July1775 1775 14.1 New “fifth” 4— 24 parts 6d.each = 2 March-

15 Seventh (Dodsley) small 8vo 10 August 1776 4 volumes bound 16/0 22 August 1776

16 “Dublin” (Macfarquhar) 12 mo 4 — 1776 16.1 “London” (Macfarquhar) 12 mo 4 — 1776 17 Eighth (Dodsley) 12 mo 4 12/0 November (?) 1777 18 Boston and Newburyport 8 vo 2 $30 June (?) 1779

20 Dublin “seventh” 8 vo 2 10/10 (?) 1783

21 Ninth (Dodsley) 12mo mo44— — 1789 1787 22 Paris “tenth” 12 23 Tenth (Dodsley) 8 mo vo 44 — 1792 24 Pirated “tenth” 12 — 25 Another “‘tenth” 12 mo 4 — 1792 1793 (Dodsley)

25.3 Pirated “eleventh” 18 4 mo— 4 —_ 1797 26 Eleventh 8 vo 1800 27 Vienna (Sammer) 12 mo 6 — Advertised to be

published in 1800

editions during the first year is irresistible. What other work of the period, of comparable price, had so many printings within twelve months?

Furthermore, since Dodsley had undoubtedly anticipated a large sale when he bargained with Mrs. Stanhope to pay fifteen hundred guineas for the copyright,’ one may presume that his editions were large. Two thousand is perhaps too high a guess,” ‘See below, section II, The Publication. ’R. B. McKerrow, Introduction to Bibliography (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927), pp. 132-33, although

indefinite in regard to the size of eighteenth-century printings, mentions runs of over 2,000 at earlier periods. Philip Gaskell, A New Introduction to Bibliography (New York and Oxford; Oxford University Press, 1972), pp. 160-63, concludes that 1,500-2,000 would have been the normal size of an edition; however, ‘small, cheap books for quick and certain sale” might run to 20,000 or more.

Introduction 3 but if Boswell had 1,700 or 1,750 copies printed of his Life of Johnson,’ which sold in 1791 at the same price, Dodsley, it is safe to say, had no fewer. The second and third editions may have been even larger. The size of the Dublin editions is not known; the later editions, of course, are tokens that the first ones were well received. Dodsley’s fourth edition, the advertisements show, was still in print near the close of 1777, and therefore not sold out, but the printing of a sixth edition one year and four days after the first publication indicated that the other octavo editions had been exhausted, or

nearly so, as the printing of the fourth edition, according to the advertisements, followed the sale of the last copy of the first edition.* Therefore, by the end of twelve months, four of Dodsley’s editions had been sold out and most of a fifth, together with an unknown number from the four Dublin editions. It seems probable that all together ten thousand copies were sold during the first year. If the Letters sold by the thousands, the abridgments, adaptations, and translations sold by the tens of thousands: there were over one hundred separate editions by the end of 1800 (a few were reissues). The translations, it is true, were not many and do not figure in the establishment of Chesterfield’s reputation in the English-speaking world, but the Advice to his Son and Principles of Politeness, in many editions, made secure his position as the pattern of good breeding. At first sold, no doubt, because of the earl’s reputation—and the great expense of the Letters—their tremendous diffusion in both

Britain and America eventually perpetuated it. No one-page table can give any conception of their number or variety. Listed in the Index to the Editions (at the back of the book) and described in the Bibliography, they become real only as one sees them spread out in bulk or visualizes their use in almost every village and hamlet in both Britain and America. Nearly every copy that survives is dog-eared; many copies have written in them the names of several successive owners. Once realizing the immense popularity of these adaptations, no one need wonder at Chesterfield’s reputation. ,

Il. THE PUBLICATION The circumstances under which the letters came to be published are complex, yet not without interest.’ On the title page, Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, the widow of Chesterfield’s illegitimate son Philip Stanhope, was represented as editing the letters,° but earlier, two °F. A. Pottle, The Literary Career of James Boswell (Oxford; Clarendon Press, 1929), p. 167. “See 7 in the Chesterfield bibliography.

’For a full discussion, see Sidney L. Gulick, “The Publication of Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son,” PMLA 51 (1936), 165-77.

°Of Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, aside from what the letters reveal and the circumstances attendant upon their publication, the principal information is to be found in Lord Charlemont’s letter to Lord Bruce (July?

1774), Historical Manuscripts Commission, Twelfth Report, Appendix, Part X, The Manuscripts and Correspondence of James, first Earl of Charlemont, edited by J. T. Gilbert (London, 1891), I, 328-30; and in Mrs. Delaney’s letter to her brother Bernard Granville (4 September 1783), Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany, edited by Lady Llanover (London, 1861-62), V, 28. The Gentleman’s Magazine for September (53 [1783], 806) gives in its “obituaries of considerable persons,” under date of 6 September, “At Limp-field, Surrey, Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, relict of Phil. S. esq; natural son to the late E. of

Chesterfield; and the mediate publisher of his lordship’s letters.” See also Willard Connely, The True Chesterfield (London: Cassell, 1939), pp. 299 [Eugenia Peters], 391, 395, 402, 451, 454, 457, 468, 470; he provides dates for the two grandsons: Charles, b. 18 October 1761; Philip, b. 21 January 1763, d. 18 October 1801 (pp. 395, 402, 491).

4 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 important literary figures had declined the opportunity to do so. Edward Gibbon wrote to J. Holroyd, under date of 10 September 1773, “I have declined the publication of Lord Chesterfield’s letters... . the family were strongly bent against it; and especially on Deyverdun’s account, I deemed it more prudent to avoid making them my personal enemies.’ Within five weeks, Horace Walpole wrote to Lady Louisa Lennox—who had evidently acted as intermediary—finding difficulties and stating that he must examine them before he would finally commit himself;> that he did not read the letters in manuscript is obvious from his comments when they were published.’ After another five weeks, Mrs. Stanhope signed a contract with James Dodsley;”° he agreed to pay her 1500 guineas for the right to publish the materials, and immediately advertised in the London Chronicle and the London Evening Post (23 November 1773) and

in the St. James’s Chronicle (25 November) that the letters would be “speedily” published; the forthcoming book was also advertised the following February and March. But Chesterfield’s executors instituted suit on 21 February 1774, securing a temporary

injunction in early March. Mrs. Stanhope issued an “Appeal to the Public” dated 15 March, complaining of an “unprecedented act of injustice.’”"" The case came before Lord Apsley (who later became Earl Bathurst) on 23 March.” At the suggestion of the court, the executors examined the proposed publication, and six days after the hearing wrote as follows: To M”. Eugenia Stanhope, and M'. James Dodsley. London March 29, 1774. We have perused the printed Copy of Lord Chesterfields letters, and tho there are some things in them which it might have been better to have omitted, yet in consideration of the Copy being

actually printed off, an edition coming out in Ireland [3], and above all the Chancellor’s Recommendation to the Executors to permit the publication, if there was nothing very improper contained in it, as also of M®. Stanhope’s having this day assured us under her hand, that she has not taken nor suffered to be taken any Copy of certain manuscript Characters, which are lodged

with her Counsel M'. Dunning, for the purpose of being burnt in our presence, as soon as he shall return to London, and that she has no other letters of the late earl, excepting some private letters to herself, which she never intended, nor does intend to publish, but which she desires to retain as Tokens of his Lordship’s Affection for her, we now waive the Injunction that has been obtained against her and M’ Dodsley, and Do Consent to the publication of the said work, according to the Copy transmitted to us. Beaum’. Hotham. _L. Stanhope”

On 6 April Dodsley entered the Letters at Stationers’ Hall and deposited nine copies, to secure the copyright. In the London Chronicle of the following day he advertised that the Letters were published. "Edward Gibbon, Miscellaneous Works (London, 1837), p. 259; Georges Deyverdun, Gibbon’s lifelong friend, had been engaged by Chesterfield as his godson’s tutor and still served in that capacity. “Horace Walpole to Lady George Lennox, 14 October 1773, Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, ed. Wilmarth S. Lewis (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1937-), XX XI, 173-74. >Walpole to Mason, 7 April 1774, Correspondence, XXVIII, 144-45.

Now in the Lilly Library, Indiana University. "Published in the London Chronicle, the London Evening Post, and the St. James’s Chronicle on 17 March 1774.

“See Charles Ambler, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, 2d ed. (London, 1828), ed. by John E. Blunt, pp. 737-40. Reprinted in English Reports (Edinburgh, 1900-11), XX VII (Chancery VII), 476-77. “Lilly Library, Indiana University. The letter is apparently in Hotham’s autograph.

Introduction 5 Thirteen years later, presumably as a means to prolong the copyright, Dodsley brought out a Supplement of thirty-nine letters (28). Eugenia Stanhope had died in 1783 (6 September); the younger of the two grandsons, Philip, had transmitted to Dodsley

the letters and a preface prepared by his mother. The new letters caused hardly a ripple.” As to the Characters, which Mrs. Stanhope had clandestinely copied before returning to Lord Chesterfield and which (in transcript), she stated under her hand, were lodged with her attorney pending destruction in the executors’ presence, these aroused interest both then and later. An anonymous correspondent to the London Chronicle (5 January 1775) wrote, “(the Ministry] promised that if she gave up the characters, they would not impede the publication of the letters; by which means ... they lost a composition more

sacred to this country, than the leaves of the Sibyls to the Roman people.” Horace Walpole, writing of the conditions under which publication of the Letters had been permitted, mentioned ‘Portraits of his contemporaries” and added, “He burnt the originals himself before he died.” However, the Characters had not been destroyed. Passages from them—and one complete Character, that of Scarborough—were incorporated into the memoirs of Chesterfield’s life (in the Miscellaneous Works), published by 13 March 1777 (149).”° About a month later, William Flexney of Holborn published seven of the Characters

(155). Walpole wrote to Mason on 18 April, “Lord Chesterfield’s Characters are published, and are not even prettily written, as might have been expected.”

Where they came from is not clear, but they clearly were being circulated in manuscript. The second Lord Hardwicke, for instance, wrote to Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu on 20 November 1776, listing sixteen of them, of which he had seen eight.” Within four months,éseven of the eight were in print. A year after Flexney’s edition, the Dillys brought out, in the same format as the Miscellaneous Works, an enlarged edition of the Characters (157, 151), now including all sixteen named by Hardwicke. In 1845, Lord Mahon, who had access to the originals,” added four more: The Mistresses of George I, Lady Suffolk, Dr. Arbuthnot, and Lord Bute (the first two are one Character in the manuscript: “The Mistresses of George | and II’’).”

Il. THE TEXT OF THE LETTERS If the original letters were available, one would wish to determine—and restore—what

Chesterfield actually wrote to his son. But although the originals of volumes I, III, and | “Lord Mahon, discovering the Supplement after publication of his own four-volume Letters and Works in

1845, inserted them in the fifth volume, published in 1853. John Bradshaw omitted them in his edition of

the Letters. Charles Strachey (London: Methuen, 1901) and Bonamy Dobree (London: [Eyre and Spottiswoode,] 1932) include the additional letters (see also 21 and 28). ” Walpole to Mason, 7 April 1774, Correspondence, XXVIII, 144-45. “Walpole mentioned the publication in a letter to Mason, 13 March 1777, Correspondence, XXVIII, 289. Walpole to Mason, 18 April 1777, Correspondence, XXVIII, 302. “Reginald Blunt, Mrs. Montagu "Queen of the Blues’ (London: Constable, 1923), I, 344-45.

"In June 1931 I saw the volume of twenty characters through the courtesy of Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. They were later acquired by Mr. Arthur A. Houghton; see A Checklist of Literary Manuscripts in the Library of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., compiled by Robert F. Metzdorf (New York: privately printed, 1953). “In publishing them, Lord Mahon made considerable omissions and did not indicate bowdlerizations.

6 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 IV came into the hands of Lord Mahon in about 1850, they have since disappeared. From a few clues, we know that Eugenia Stanhope’s attempts to “improve” the readings left us with a mutilated text.” Thus, while a long succession of reprints of any literary work will almost certainly introduce a progressive and cumulative degeneration of the text, with Chesterfield’s letters the changes over the years in the authorized editions were apparently less significant than those introduced by Mrs. Stanhope. For most of the letters, however, her text is all we have. The textual relationships of the twenty-six observed eighteenth-century editions and

issues of Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son ate, on the whole, simple and clear. James Dodsley’s ten editions present two slight anomalies, specified below; otherwise, each

edition was reset from the previous one, with minor changes in ‘accidentals’ — punctuation, capitals, spelling—and the addition of notes (eleven in the fourth and fifth editions, a twelfth in the sixth edition), an index, and new letters from the Supplement.

A. The Letters: Authorized Editions As we already seen, James Dodsley published the first edition of the Letters on 7 April

1774, in two volumes quarto. In this edition, the letters were numbered separately in each volume, in roman numerals: -L-CLXXXVIII and L-CCvu; in the Dublin editions

(3,4,9,11,12, and 20—but not 16, which was printed in Edinburgh) the same numbering is used, even for the four-volume edition (12). Ten weeks after he had brought out the first edition, Dodsley announced publication of the second, “corrected, in four volumes octavo.” The most important change is the editorial deletion of five lines on eating autumn fruit (letter 94, 21 September 1747, I,

222 [second edition, I, 272]). Beginning with the second edition, the letters were numbered continuously through the four volumes; since all editions identify the letters in roman numerals, no confusion will result here from using arabic numerals. The second edition was the first of five octavo editions. The copy text was, as one would expect, the first edition. The third edition, in turn, used the second, being in fact almost a line-for-line reprint; indeed, 191 pages (of some 1458) were reimpressed from standing type. (See explanatory notes no. 7, below, and 5) For the fourth edition, in two volumes quarto, the compositor went back to the first

edition, but accepted some of the variants appearing in the second and third: the

renumbering of the letters, the deletion of the passage on autumn fruit. For run-of-the-mill changes—the accidentals of spelling and punctuation—the pattern is

mixed, sometimes following the first edition, sometimes the third. The eleven additional notes (see 33) were also printed separately and given to purchasers of the first edition. The most considerable note, at II, 274, adds the twenty-two lines of Swift’s “The Day of Judgement.” See the Comment under 7 and further, item number 34 in the appendix, section IV. The fifth edition followed the third, inserting the additional notes. It was again for the most part a line-for-line resetting of type, with some 240 pages reimpressed. The sixth edition inserted one further note (IV, 187), but otherwise followed the fifth very closely. One odd variant, an extraneous “Adieu.” at I, 127, line 2, carried over into editions eight through eleven and after. Since the seventh edition properly omits the *'See the Comment under 1 in the Bibliography.

Introduction 7 word, this reading in the eighth is clinching evidence that the sixth (not the seventh) was the copy text for the eighth. The seventh edition, in small octavo and issued in twenty-four parts, introduced a number of accidentals that did not appear again. The copy text was the sixth edition. Except for the index, the seventh edition had no progeny. For further details about Dodsley’s octavo editions, see section B, below. For the issue of the seventh edition in parts, see the Comment in the text under 15.

The eighth edition, in duodecimo, came from the sixth, including the twelfth additional note. At a number of places it failed to include accidentals introduced in the seventh; further, as mentioned above, it retained the extraneous “Adieu.” at I, 127, line 2. It added the index from the seventh edition. The ninth edition changed very little from the eighth, except that it incorporated the

thirty-nine new letters of the Supplement (28) into the text, combining two of the letters with extant letters and hence adding thirty-seven to the total number. The index was revised to accommodate the new materials and the renumbering of the letters. The tenth edition, in duodecimo (1793, 25), was almost a line-for-line reprint of the ninth. Dodsley had in 1792 advertised a tenth edition in “medium octavo” (23); the

format of this one, together with the absence of an example in octavo, makes one wonder if such an edition existed. (See also 24.)

Finally, after the death of James Dodsley in 1797, a large number of booksellers brought out in 1800 an octavo edition, the eleventh, using the tenth as copy text. Practically the same group brought out twelfth and thirteenth editions in 1803 and 1804.

B. Dodsley’s Octavo Editions Dodsley’s five octavo editions (second, third, fifth, sixth, and seventh—5, 6, 8, 13,

and 15) are nearly identical, line for line, to each other. In signatures, pagination, contents, and typography, one description fits them all, except that the seventh edition (15) is in small octavo, with smaller type and a smaller type page. This uniformity exists

despite the eleven notes added in the fifth edition (8) and a twelfth note in the sixth edition. The catchwords are a clue to this uniformity: most of them are unchanged through the five editions—actually, 1214 out of some 1455, or 83.4 percent, are unchanged. With a few exceptions, noted in the descriptions of the third and fifth editions (6 and 8), all pages were reset for each new edition. More than half of the 241 changes in catchword come from the shifting of entire lines forward or backward, largely to make room for the added notes. Usually, though not invariably, once a change of any kind (except an obvious erratum) has been made, it continues in subsequent editions. Consequently, the catchwords corroborate other evidence that the third edition is reset from the second, the fifth from the third, the sixth and seventh from the fifth and sixth. Hence, though the seventh is in smaller type than the sixth, it is still essentially reset line for line—with fewer than 100 catchwords differing from those in the sixth edition. Of the 241 changes, about 200 (196) are catchwords (CW) changed just once within the five octavo editions.

The lists below show (1) the catchwords that are changed more than once within those editions and (2) irregular catchwords in Dodsley’s five octavo editions—that is, CW that differ from the first entry in the continuing text.

8 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 Key: original reading [A] 25 second edition; B, third edition, C, fifth, D, sixth, E, seventh. (1) | CW changed more than once; changes only are shown:

I. 7 may Banimate Cof 9 (juj-) ques B(malheu-) reuJement E (malheuref e-)

ment 25 whom Cto Ewhom 27 with DDido, EDido 55 car B |

dans Ccar Ddans 77 Remember BRemember, ERemember 149 only B is E/(flou-)rifh, 150 the Bis EjYoul 196 Normandy. D Normandy [Normandy.] E Normandy. 204 Afia. BAfia CAfia. 217 the B(mo-) defty Ebecoming: 256 [all editions:] (chear-) ful [ful,]

Il. 7 (fo-)reign B(Man-)ners D(fo-)reign 8 they Bmafter D they 34 yet Ccon-[concerning] Econcerning 38 were Ccha- [charitable] E charitable

Il. 39 font / more B font /rigoroufly C ne / rigoroufly 108 with. D [no

CW] Ewith. 197 is D[noCW] Eis 213 are D[noCW] E

are 249 knight C knigh. [knight] D(valourou) knight Eknight 293 from Dom [from] Efrom 330 things, Chim. EIn 331 LETTER Chave_ E mentioned

IV. 22 aMi-[a Minifter] DaM-[aMinifter] EaMi- 39 the Cnew E

the 51 which D[noCW] Ewhich ~~ 87 Ihave C Piccolomini, D Piccolomi i

[Piccolomini] E Piccolomini 90 fome Cis[is.| Dis. 97 whom Bwhom, D whom’ [whom,] Ewhom, 102 combined Bcombine[combined] Ccombined 166 etrennee D etrennee [etrennee]| Eetrennee 241 agreat Cagrea[a great] Da great 290 five. D five [five—] Efive— 307 POLITICAL C [variant:] POITICAL D POLITICAL ECCCXCVIII. 324 was C(Car-)dinal D

was 325 great C ftarts Dthat Egreat 327 May CSome D May 328 whole Ctook Dvery 329 fake Cmore Dby Eto 333as C

loyalty Deven 334your Cfor D/(Peti-)tioner, 335 [noCW] CAFRAG- E CCCCIII. 338 The Dare [are,] E are, 3,44 Yuch C hurt, D of 345 LETTER. C LETTER[LETTER.] D LETTER E CCCCVI. (2) Irregular catchwords in Dodsley’s five octavo editions—that is, CW that differ from the first entry on the continuing text—occur as follows (second edition is A; others are as noted above): —

I. 9 (malheu-) reufement, [reufement] C |= 77 Remember [Remember,]

A 174 propos [Apropos] A 204 Afia[Afia.]B 256 (chear-) ful [ful,] ABCDE —_272' It [it] E

Il. 85 cafes[the] A 198 fometimes[ometimes]C 248 withou [without] E 275 “encore / company, [“encore / “company,] AB* 326 example, [ xample,] D (variant) 337 who[who,] AB* 347 LETTE[LETTER] E

Il. 75 (Cam-) pagne[pagne.|C 83 Yeulemen[feulement] A 108 [no CW]

D 197 [noCW]D 213 [noCW]D 239 (juf-) tice, [tice.]D 249 knigh

[knight]C 293 om[from]D 306 and,[and]C 327 (well-) bred [well-bred] A 347 [noCW]AB — 356 (ex-) tremely [extremely] E

IV. 22 aM-f[aMinifter]}D 25 [noCW]A 51 [noCW]D 87 Piccolomii[Piccolomini,]}D = 97 whom[whom,] A 102 combine [combined]

B 134 thought [thought,)A 241 agrealagreat]}C 290five [five——] CD 335 [noCW] AB 348 New[New-year] A 354 Thef'e [CCCCVIII. Thefe) E

*Reimpressed, not reset.

Introduction ? Index (E only): 7 Cardinals |Cardinals,| 22 Good |Good-manners,] 23 Hair, [H. Hair] 30 M. Mably,[M. Mably] 32 Maupertuis,[Maupertuis| 40 Poland, [Poland| 43 Rockingham, |Rockingham| 52 Vatluiere, [Valtere]

C. The Letters: Unauthorized Editions By entering the Letters in Stationers’ Hall and depositing nine copies, Dodsley had

, secured the copyright for England and Scotland. To forestall the Dublin pirates, he had arranged with George Faulkner to bring out an authorized Dublin edition; as we have seen, the imminence of this edition served Dodsley and Mrs. Stanhope well in their encounter with the executors of Chesterfield’s will. On the last day of April, Faulkner advertised his edition as published (see 3). Very shortly thereafter, from all indications, the rival pirates had their edition in the bookstalls (4). By the end of the year, Faulkner had a second and cheaper edition available (9), and the rivals had two editions—both ambiguously dated (see 11, 12)—one as fine as their first, the other in four volumes duodecimo. The Letters were selling well. Late in 1774, Dodsley got wind of an edition being prepared in Scotland. Here was a danger from within the walls of copyright protection. According to the Gentleman’s Magazine (44. [1774], Supplement, 628), in December 1774 he brought suit and obtained a temporary interdiction (the Scots term for injunction) against “Colin M’Farquhar, printer in Edinburgh and Charles Elliott, bookseller there.” The case came to trial the following 18 July; on 26 July the injunction was made permanent. The London Chronicle

gave surprisingly extensive coverage to a trial held so far from London, probably because copyright was important to the entire publishing business. (See the London Chronicle for 3 Jan., 4 Feb., 1775, pp. 2, 118, and 25, 29 July, 3, 5, 8 Aug. 1775, pp. 82, 101,

116, 125, 133; also William Maxwell Morison, Decisions of the Court of Session [Edinburgh, 1805], X, 8308, and appendix, pt. I, pp. 1-7 [in the same volume, following p. 8320].)

Counsel for Macfarquhar and Elliott was Adam Ogilvy, who, according to the correspondent in the London Chronicle, argued that (a) “Authors ... have no property in

their works, but what was given by the Statute of Queen Anne,” and (4) “the act of Queen Anne expressly limits the property to Authors and their Assigns, neither heir nor executors being mentioned” (London Chronicle, 25 July 1775, p. 82); it was further argued that the coyright law required entry of a work to be accompanied by written consent of the “Proprietor,” a point mentioned by several of the Lords of Session in their review of the case (see below).

Dodsley’s case was presented by the noted Henry Dundas, Lord Advocate of Scotland, the first Viscount Melville (1742-1811), about whom the London Chronicle stated, “Our Correspondent regrets that he could send us but an imperfect note of this pleading, which was attended by a very crouded audience; and was allowed to be a masterly oration”. Dundas is reported to have said, “On the one side it is the cause of a London Bookseller, who has made a handsome fortune by fair trade. On the other hand it is the cause of Edinburgh Booksellers, to whom I must however do the justice to say, that it is not the cause of all of them: for whom have we here? Not Mr. Balfour, not Mr. Creech, not those who deserve the name of Booksellers, and who are willing to trade in a regular manner; but we have those who carry on low, shameful, piratical practices in blind printing-houses. The edition in question did not come out with that dignity and

10 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 openness becoming the noble Author, but was carried on with secresy and concealment, and was detected by a learned Professor, Dr. Blair having taken an apprehension that they were printing his Lectures” (29 July, p. 101). He pointed out that letters are writings, hence come within the act; that Mrs. Stanhope had ownership of the letters and that jointly she and Dodsley had the consent of Chesterfield’s executors to publish them.

When the Lords of Session came to vote, each expressed his opinion—thirteen Opinions are summarized in the report (pp. 116, 125, 133). One brief summary covers the essential points offered by the nine justices voting for a permanent injunction: LORD STONEFIELD, The privilege of the act of Queen Anne is given to Authors and their Assigns; and there are Assigns by lawful succession, as well as by deed: It is given not only to books, but to other writings; and letters are certainly writings. We have numberless such works protected by the Statute. The joint interest here of the representatives both of the writer and the receiver of these letters, must, I think, be a title quite sufficient; and as the entry in Stationers-hall is made in the usual way, it cannot justly be impeached.

Three of the four justices voting in the minority have their niches in eighteenthcentury lore: Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782), a writer on legal, historical, and

other subjects, including Elements of Criticism (1762); Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck (1706-1782), the father of James Boswell; and James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (1714-1799), author of The Origin and Progress of Language (1773), whom

Boswell presents, perhaps unjustly, as an eccentric. Lord Kames wrote that “in my apprehension the statute very clearly means that if an Author does not use the privilege himself, or convey it to another by a special assignment, the act cannot take place.... Here a very unjust act has been done, a father-in-law’s reputation has been sacrificed for a little paultry gain. Could the Legislature ever mean to encourage such an act? I do not deny Mrs. Stanhope’s right to publish; she has it—but I deny that she had an exclusive privilege.” Lord Auchinleck concluded, “if [Chesterfield] did not give an exclusive right of publication, no body can give it ... if Mrs. Stanhope had done her duty, she would have suppressed them.” And Lord Monboddo, after referring to Virgil and the Aeneid, stated, ‘I will go a little farther, and suppose that an Author makes no mention in his will of his manuscripts, and J hold in that case, neither his heirs nor executors would have an exclusive right to publish them.” Fortunately for Dodsley, however, the Court of Session, by a majority of nine against four, voted to sustain and make permanent the injunction against Macfarquhar and Elliot. Yet despite the court order, this pirated edition did not disappear. Professor Cecil Price, having discovered a copy of volume I in a bookseller’s stall, published an account of his find in The Library (Sth ser. 5 [1951], 271-72). In 1963, the Bodleian Library

acquired a complete set, described under 10. A copy is recorded in American Book Prices Current as having been sold at auction by the Swann Galleries in April 1965 (71 [1965], 167). We do not know how many other copies with the Edinburgh imprint left the shop, but Colin Macfarquhar evidently would not accept defeat, and especially not

the financial loss: under the disguise of new title pages (both dated 1776), one proclaiming publication in Dublin and another in London, copies of the Edinburgh printing went into circulation; neither showed any name of printer, publisher, or bookseller (see 16 and 16.1).

A review of the fifteen unauthorized editions and reissues shows their extent and relationship; there were six publishers:

Introduction 11 1. George Faulkner, Dublin (3, 9,20) Faulkner's first edition (3) came twenty-three days after Dodsley’s first; copy text, 2. Faulkner’s second edition (9), seven months later, used smaller type and closely spaced lines; copy text, 3. Nine years later, Patrick Wogan, John Beatty, and Luke White, all of

Dublin, reissued Faulkner’s second edition with a new title page, labeling it the

“seventh” (20). ;

2. E. Lynch et al. Dublin (4, 11, 12) Lynch and eleven other booksellers of Dublin soon published a rival edition (4); copy text, 2. Variants in both 3 and 4 are few, but different. Late in 1774 or early in 1775 the same booksellers brought out two editions, an octavo in two volumes and a duodecimo in four, each using 4 as copy text and each dated 1775 for the first half and 1774 for the

remainder (11 and 12). Variations of 11 and 12 from 4 are few, but largely independent.

3. Colin Macfarquhar, Edinburgh (10, 16, 16.1, 18). In the meantime, Macfarquhar of Edinburgh, the printer of the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, brought out his edition, discussed at length above, copy text,

6, the third edition. Reissues with new title, 16 and 16.1; reprinted by Boyle & M' Dougal of Boston and Newburyport, 1779, in two volumes octavo, 18.

4. Rivington and Gaine, New York (14, 14.1)

The first American edition, by J. Rivington and H. Gaine, in four volumes duodecimo, New York, 1775 (14)-designated the “third” edition—used as copy text the second edition, 5. The letters originally written in French are given only in English translation. This edition was reissued with new half titles and title pages as the “fifth” edition, with no change in date. (14.1). 5. T. Barrois, Paris (22) After the publication of the Supplement and the ninth edition (21, 1787), there appeared, under the imprint of “T. Barrois, Paris,” a page-for-page reprint of that

edition, boldly labeled the “tenth” (22). :

6. “P. Dodsley”, London (24, 25.3) A London piracy, likewise labeled the “tenth” edition, appeared in 1792 under the publisher's name of “P. Dodsley” (24). Copy text, 21. Five years later, an “eleventh” edition by the same “P. Dodsley” appeared, in four volumes eighteenmo (25.3); copy text, 24.

IV. ADAPTATIONS AND ABRIDGMENTS OF THE LETTERS Nearly half of the items in this bibliography are adaptations and abridgments of the Letters. A few appear in only one or two editions, under titles like Letters upon Ancient

History and Select Letters (119-127), or in translation (45-48). The Life of Lord Chesterfield had three paintings, one each in London, Dublin, and Philadelphia; it apparently used the form of a Life in order to circumvent copyright restrictions. Of the others based on the Letters, three titles include some eighty-five editions and issues: Lord Chesterfield’s Maxims, with six editions recorded, all British, came first, as will be

12 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 shown; like the Life, it was dated 1774. Next, and drawing on the Maxims as well as on the Letters themselves, came Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son on Men and Manners (1775); it went to some twenty-nine editions, nine of them American imprints. Then the Reverend Dr. John Trusler entered the field, rewriting from the Advice and the Letters and adding his own comments, to prepare Principles of Politeness and of Knowing the World (1775), which, after a slow start, ran up an impressive total of fifty items—the

term “items” applies because in the early numbers four “editions” were apparently printed off at a time, usually with only a change of edition number. By 1800 there were seventeen authorized “editions” of the Principles of Politeness, including two numbered

“fourth” (60, 60.1). Among the thirty-three unauthorized editions, one finds two London imprints, one edition probably from London, seven from Dublin, and one from Edinburgh—under the title The Beauties of Chesterfield (122). The remaining twentytwo editions are all American imprints (including two of which there is no copy known, 78, 79), coming from ten cities or towns. These editions were likewise late, only one of them being dated before 1781.

The relationships of the three major adaptations become easily apparent by a comparison of two passages. From the first passage, it is clear that the Maxims came directly from Chesterfield’s Letters, that the Advice drew on the Maxims, that the Principles of Politeness drew on the Advice, and that the reverse order was impossible. The second passage shows that each adaptation also used the Letters directly. To facilitate the comparison, I have identified the sentences or clauses in the original by superscript lowercase letters, a to e, thus calling attention to major changes. A superscript z indicates a transposition of a word or phase. Words added in the Maxims are shown in capitals; those dropped are in italics. The Advice follows the Maxims rather closely; rephrasing in the Principles of Politeness is so great that such devices as capitals and italics would be more confusing than useful. In both passages, however, the lowercase letters identifying sentences or clauses may be helpful. CHESTERFIELD [from two letters, 9 October 1746, I, 244, and 22 September 1749, II, 219]:

“What is commonly called an absent man, is commonly either a very weak, or a very affected man; but be he what he will, he is, I am sure, a very disagreeable man in company. ’He fails in all the common Offices of civility; “he seems not to know those people today, with whom yesterday he appeared to live in intimacy. “He takes no part in the general conversation; but, on the contrary,

breaks into it from time to time, with some start of his own, as if he waked from a dream.... “He leaves his hat in one room, his sword in another, and would leave his shoes in a third, if his

| buckles, though awry, did not save them. MAXIMS (p. 1)

*What is called an Absent Man, is GENERALLY either a very weak, or a very affected man; he is, HOWEVER, a very disagreeable man in company. "He IS DEFECTIVE in all the common offices of civility; “he seems not to know those people today, with whom he WAS ‘yesterday VERY INTIMATE. “He DOES NOT ENTER INTO the gérieral conversation, but breaks into it from time to time, with some startS of his own as if he waked from a dream. ... “He leaves his hat in one room, his CANE in another, and would PROBABLY leave his shoes in a third, if his buckles, though awry, did not save them. ADVICE (p. 1)

“An Absent Man is generally either a very weak, or a very affected man; he is, however, a very disagreeable man in company. He is defective in all the common offices of civility. “He does not enter into the general conversation, but breaks into it from time to time, with starts of his own, as if he waked from a dream... . ‘He leaves his hat in one room, his cane in another, and would probably leave his shoes in a third, if his buckles, though awry, did not save them.

Introduction 13 PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS (p. 39)

“What the world calls an absent man is generally either a very ‘affected one or a very weak one; but whether weak or affected, he is, in company, a very disagreeable man. ...he knows not his

best friends, "is deficient in every act of good-manners, unobservant of the actions of the company, and insensible to his own. ... He forgets what he said last, “leaves his hat in one room, his cane in another, and his sword in a third; nay, if it was not for his buckles, he would even leave his shoes behind him. Neither his arms nor his legs seem to be a part of his body, and his head is never in a right position. “He joins not in the general conversation, except it be by fits and starts, as if awaking from a dream.

The second passage shows how each adaptation drew directly on the Letters: CHESTERFIELD (19 October 1749, II, 85)

Most long talkers single out some one unfortunate man in company (commonly him whom they observe to be the most silent, or their next neighbour) to whisper, or at least in a half voice, to

convey a continuity of words to. This is excessively ill-bred, and in some degree, a fraud; conversation-stock being a joint and common property. But, on the other hand, if one of these unmerciful talkers lays hold of you, hear him with patience, (and at least seeming attention) if he is worth obliging; for nothing will oblige him more than a patient hearing; as nothing would

hurt him more, than either to leave him in the midst of his discourse, or to discover your impatience under your affliction. MAXIMS (p. 17)

Long talkers are very apt to single out some unfortunate man in company, to whisper, or talk to in a half voice. This is excessively ill-bred, and, in some degree, a fraud; conversation stock being

a joint and common property. But, if one of these unmerciful talkers lays hold of you, hear him with patience, (and with seeming attention) if he is worth obliging; for nothing will oblige him more than a patient hearing, as nothing will hurt him more, than either to leave him in the midst of his discourse, or to discover your impatience under your affliction. ADVICE (p. 17)

Long talkers generally single out some unfortunate man in company, to whisper, or at least, in a half-voice, to convey a continuity of words to. This is excessively ill-bred; and, in some degree, a fraud; conversation-stock being a joint and common property. But if one of these unmerciful talkers lays hold of you, hear him with patience, (and at least seeming attention), if he is worth obliging; for nothing will oblige him more than a patient hearing, as nothing would hurt him more, than either to leave him in the midst of his discourse, or to discover your impatience under your affliction. PRINCIPLES OF POLITENESS (p. 94)

7. Long talkers are frequently apt to single out some unfortunate man present; generally the most silent one of the company, or probably him who sits next them. To this man, in a kind of half-whisper they will run on, for half an hour together. Nothing can be more ill-bred. But, if one of these unmerciful talkers should attack you, if you wish to oblige him, I would recommend the hearing him with patience: seem to do so at least, for you could not hurt him more than to leave him in the middle of his story, or to discover any impatience in the course of it. See also the sections on Bashfulness in the Maxims and Advice and on Modesty in Principles of Politeness, and compare them with Chesterfield’s letters of 29 October 1739 (I, 117, translation

119, no. 33) and “Wednesday” (I, 167, no. 55). ,

A. Adaptations: The Maxims Of the four editions of the Maxims published by F. Newbery in 1774 and 1777 and by

E. Newbery in 1786 and 1793 (114, 115, 116, 116.3), the three that I have seen are essentially the same text (that is, excluding 114). For the two unauthorized editions,

14 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 dated 1796 and 1799 (117, 118), someone deleted sections under the headings of Chronology, Epithets, Geography, and Poetry, changed the spelling and location of (Eonomy to Economy, and added, verbatim from the Advice, sections on Drinking of Healths, Laughter, Odd Habits, Speaking, and Writing.

B. Adaptations: The Advice Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son on Men and Manners, edited (as shown above) from the Maxzms and the letters themselves, went to seven authorized and twenty-two unauthorized editions. Of the latter, two are known only from booksellers’ catalogues (105.4, 109.3) and one from an advertisement in a contemporary New York newspaper (105.2). This latter and eight others had American imprints.

For copy text, each of the authorized editions used its predecessor; significant additions and changes brought the total of copy texts to five: Text A, first edition; Text B, second and third editions; Text C, most of the unauthorized editions (essentially the text of A with subheads as in B); Text D, fourth edition; Text E, fifth, sixth, and seventh ~~ editions. For identifying details, see below.

Identification of Texts (the first page number is that of the first edition, 92, or TEXT A) TEXT B, 93, second edition: pp. 15ff. adds subheads p. 2, line 8 (2,7) adds ‘‘but such liberties cannot be claimed by, nor will be tolerated in, any other persons.” 15,1 “RULES FOR BEHAVIOUR IN COMPANY.” becomes (14,1) “CAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN ADOPTING THE MANNERS OF A COMPANY.” 81,8 “afYentation” becomes (97, third edition, 73,23) “oftentation”’ TEXT C, unauthorized editions: essentially Text A with subheads from B. TEXT D, 98, fourth edition: adds notes from Ga/ateo and a new and longer advertisement. 16,15 “...lay before you the polite RULES FOR CONVERSATION” becomes (18,1) “lay before you, what you will find of equal use and importance in your commerce with the world, some directions, or RULES FOR CONVERSATION”

67,7 “good ones” becomes (80,7) “good things” . 69,23 “vices or crimes” becomes (82,10) ‘vices nor crimes”

TEXT E, 101, fifth edition adds more subheads, p. 58 (70) following, “Knowledge of the World”, etc. 33,22 adds a new paragraph (38,15) ““Good-breeding cannot be attended to too soon...” 39,14 deletes a paragraph ((43,10; twenty-seven lines) ‘The desire of pleasing. . .” 42,13 adds six paragraphs under the heading ‘The Art of Pleasing” (46,4 to 50,32) 106, sixth edition, 28,8 “meant at them” becomes (34,3) “meant to them” 111, seventh edition, 17,19 “hold your tongue than them” becomes (20,4) “.. . than they” 25,20 “mistaken” becomes (30,11) “deceived” 28,8 “meant at them’, which in the sixth edition read “to”, now becomes (34,3) “meant for them” 32,26 ‘‘who you live with” becomes (37,25) “whom...” 33,18 “GOOD-BREEDING” becomes (38,10) “GOOD BREEDING” 70,12 “Saints... Blusterers,” etc., becomes (82,16) lowercase 79,10 “the poor women” becomes (89,23) “the poor woman”

Introduction 15 The relationship of the authorized editions is straightforward, as shown above. Of the

twenty-two unauthorized editions, sixteen are a combination of Text A with the subheads of Text B—hence Text C; two others (104, 105) are taken from Text D, but

omit the excerpts from the Galateo; no copies have been located of three editions (105.2, 105.4, and 109.3); one other edition was not available for this study (113). If one had copies of all the editions of a text and of all significant variants, one could presumably lay out the textual relationships of them all in a straightforward pattern. But lacking complete information, and especially, not knowing what is missing, one can only tabulate what information is available and try to deduce a defensible pattern. Certain principles and assumptions help in untangling the skein. When there is no advantage to a printer in antedating an edition, the dates are probably correct (with allowance for year-end publication), and hence one assumes that the order of printing is that of the dates. Although it would be possible for a London printer to find and copy a Philadelphia edition, it is safer to assume that a British edition not known to us served

as a copy text. When two editions are alike in many respects but differ in a small number of variants only, both editions probably derive from the same source, with either an intervening edition for one of them or variant readings (states) of an edition for the copy texts. Sometimes one finds a restoration of a correct reading; rather than explaining the correction as the result of reading proof against an earlier edition, one Table 2.

t a ae = = Text C Variants—Lord Chesterfield’s Advice to his Son Edition

aA oR © % a Sf = zw S$ $ S 8

KEY: (page, line, and reading in 92] / = a Xn gk eg Qoscozgeocotartae see

[variant] ASsc eR Ft KEBLE SERA SS 7,12 he can / can o oO Oo 0) o 0 0 0 0 oO 7,20 making faces ... / [deleted] o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o

14,3 below you / below 0 00 0Oo 0 Oo © 0 00 00 00 oO 14,10 who / which 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 oO 15,14 their / the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oo 16,10 [run on] / [paragraph] 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0O 19,24 pof fef for / profe} { or e) 0 0 0 0 0O

22,7. made up of / made of o 0 oO oO 24,9- ingenuous / ingenious 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 oO Oo o oO Oo

24,11 off of //distinctly off O O O o0 0oO 26,22 indistinctly Oo 0 o 0 27,17 graver / greater o 0 0 Oo 33,11 and... nobody / [deleted] 0 0 0 0o

52,23. whenever / when 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53,11 as loud / [deleted] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o

55,16 that / [deleted] o0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o 66,26 and / [so] as to 0 0 0 0O 69,10 a / [deleted] 0 oO Oo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

71,22 these/ /[deleted] the °o 0000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00000000000 74,16 itself 76,27 havehalf/[a]half [b]enjoy a b a a a half

83,4 weak and timid people / [2] weak aaoaoaeoaoaobaeob b aa b b and timid _—[b] the weak and timid

16 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 may assume that the printer recognized an awkward or an impossible reading and made an intelligent correction. Some lapses probably occur independently, but as the number

of like variants increases, the operation of chance decreases. Finally, some kinds of variants are significant even when occurring alone. The theory of independent variants within one edition makes it possible to interpret what would otherwise seem an incomprehensible accumulation of data. Comparison of Text C variants in Table 2 shows that there are three major groups of

editions. Because of the variants that they have in common, these editions must all derive from one source, and because the earliest (94) contains most of the variants, the readings in these three groups must have been established early. However, few of the editions have a specific and demonstrable copy text: 108 from 96, 102 from 96, and 105.6 from 100 seem clear; others are very close: 97.3 from 95, 103 and 104.3 from 99. Perhaps 107 and 109 from the same source as 100.

C. Adaptations: Principles of Politeness The most widely reprinted of the adaptations was the Principles of Politeness and of

Knowing the World, edited by the Reverend Dr. John Trusler, who not only drew copiously on the Advice—in addition to his acknowledged source, the Letters—but rewrote or added phrases and even entire paragraphs at will. By 1800 Trusler had offered seventeen “editions” to the public, the first twelve being from but three settings of type; thirty-three unauthorized editions were published or advertised, for a total of fifty. Of

these fifty, copies of fourteen authorized and thirty-one unauthorized editions and issues exist and are described in the text.

, Trusler’s early “editions” reveal a manner of operations that would have amused Lord Chesterfield. The first four “editions” came from one setting of type; there were two “fourth” editions, and a total of only three settings of type through the “eleventh” edition. A new half title and title appeared with the second edition, but apparently the “third” and “fourth” were stop-press alterations. The second “fourth” was completely reset, with a new title page; the “fifth” had a change in imprint, but the remainder of the

page and of the volume seems to be from the same setting of type as the second “fourth.” The sixth edition is a reissue; the seventh, when a copy turns up, will probably

be the same. The eighth is newly reset throughout. Otherwise, the title pages are identical except for the line indicating the edition number. Imprints read as follows:

I. (editions 1, 2, 3, 4) Printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, | Strand, and C. Etherington, at York: | MDCCLXXV. IITA. (second 4) Printed for John Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, | Strand, and C. Etherington, at York; of | whom may be had the second part, price 1s. 6d.| MDCCLXXV.

IIB. (5, 6, probably 7) Printed for J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, Strand, | and C. Etherington, at York, price 2s. 6d. | of whom may be had the second part, price 1s. 6d. | MDCCLXXV. [If there was a “seventh” edition, it probably belongs here.] III. (8, 9, 10, 11) Printed for J. Bell, near Exeter-Exchange, Strand. | Price 2s. 6d. | Of whom may be had the second part, price 1s. 6d. [no date; dedication dated 1 January 1778]

The sixth edition, dated 1775 on the title page, was advertised in the London Chronicle of 16 May 1776 as “just published”; it was also advertised in the Morning Post and Daily Advertiser as late as 6 January 1778; this timing may indicate that a “seventh” edition

Introduction 17 was never issued. Or it may not, for Trusler had a cavalier attitude towards such details. Similarly with the eighth or ninth edition (or tenth or eleventh): a dedication dated 1 January 1778 and a statement on p. ii, “A French edition of this volume and the second part will shortly be published.” It had long been out. The London Chronicle, 20 March 1777, advertised, “This day was published’”’—the edition in French; and the colophon of that edition reads, p. 236, “Fini d’imprimer par Joseph Cooper en Drury-lane, le | Aoat, 1776.”

Whether the change in edition numbers would justify calling the volumes different issues, or merely states of an edition, may be argued. Since the changes were obviously made to give the impression of great sales, in order to stimulate further sales, perhaps the term “reissue”’ is justified. In any case, there are only three settings of type for the eleven/twelve “editions” involved, and the type was either left standing or the printing was continuous, with stop-press corrections for “edition” number and, in the “fifth” edition, the addition of ‘Price 2s. 6d.”

Identification of Texts (The first page number is that of the first edition, 57, or Text A, except in the four final examples, involving Text C.) Text B, 60.1, second “fourth” edition page 18, line 4(18,1) adds paragraph “It has ... been customary to salute the ladies. . .” 102,10 (87,4) transfers section 23 “Mimickry”, to an unnumbered paragraph under “Dignity of Manners” and renumbers remaining sections In the reprinting of Text B (68-71) (96,10) “proving” becomes “provoking” Text C, 74, twelfth edition 27,15 (17,7) adds paragraph “We should likewise proportion our dress. . .” 34,11(21,19) adds paragraph ‘Were every one to think before they speak. . .”

36,3 (22,31) thirty-one line addition “Some will tell you...” ,

62,17 (38,29) revision and addition: “for as laughter is nothing else than sudden glory...” 67,4 (41,23) new section ‘‘5....a weak and pusilanimous temper...” and renumbers remaining sections 78,3 (48,39) begins section: ‘20. Never say an ill-natured thing nor be witty...” 79,13 (49,34) adds sections: “21. Raillery...” ‘22. When any thing curious...” 79,24 (50,37) adds section: "25. To peep over the shoulder. . .”

81,17 (52,12) adds sections: “32. ...avoid...snuffortobacco...” “33. If the necessities of nature...” and “34. ...indelicate conversation...” Total of sections under “Sundry Little Accomplishments” is extended from twenty-eight to thirty-five. 87,4 (56,23) [The paragraph on “Mimickry” is transferred here in Text B from p. 102.] 87,4 (56,29) adds paragraph: “A Wag, is one who laughs. . .” 88,3 (57,29) adds 7 lines: “To trifle with a good grace...” 88,22 (57,15) adds paragraph: ‘So also in our salutations. . .” 97,20 (64,20) adds section: “13. Again, nothing is more silly...”

98,18 (65.10) adds sections: 16. In female conversation...” and “17. Among other seasonable conversation. . .”

106,16 (70,19) adds section: “33. It is an old maxim...” 108,9 (71,33) deletes ‘But this every child knows.” and adds twenty lines, “It is a secret known but to few. ..”

108,25 (73,1) adds sections: “BEHAVIOUR TO SUPERIORS.” and “ON RUNNING INTO DEBT.” Five pages

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Il. A-K*($5 signed), 80 leaves; pp. 1-5 6-160. In direction line, beginning at signature B in each volume:

I. Theophr. 1 Thi. [except GF, O: ‘‘Theophr. 1 Theil.’” Lm, M, N: “Theophr. 1. Th.”’ | Il. Theophron 2. Th. [except D, G, K: “Theoph. 2. Th.” | Contents: 1. — «1* title (verso blank), *2* second title (verso blank), «3* dedication: ‘“An meine | gewefenen Pflegefohne.”’ (verso blank), +*4* dedicatory letter: “Meine lieben Kinder.’’, on #8° “‘Hamburg den 31 Jenner 1783. | Campe. | [orn.] | Vor-"", I [=««1*]

preface, 1 section title: “I. Theophrons guter Rath | fur | feinen Sohn, | als diefer im Begrif war | ins gef[chaftige Leben zu treten.”’ (verso blank), 3 heading [wreath with festoons of leaves 10 X 59mm.] and text (Cap. N’*), on 72 [orn. short double rule], 73 section

Items 46.4 to 46.8 85 title: “II. | Theophrons guter Rath [eines Sohnes | Kunftigen Umgang mit Menfchen | betreffend.”’ 74 blank, 75 heading: [wreath, with festoons draped over bar 10 X 60mm.] and text (Cap. S*), on 216 [orn. bar 4 X 20mm.] II. 1 title (verso blank), 3 title, section III, 5 heading: [orn. 28 X 63mm.: cherub sitting on a cloud, a lyre in his right hand, a wreath in his left] and text (Cap. D’*), on 160 elaborate orn. [urn with flowers, two winged cherubs 39 X 39mm.]

CW] 1. «7°bin[“bin] 8Denn[Denn,] 16in 32die 39 nem[namlich] 48 Aber 56 am [amfigen] 64daff 80von 88(mo-) ra [ralifchen] 9%6der-[derfelben,] 112Seh-[Sehnen] 120dif[die] 144 um 159fehen[fehen,] 176 Ver-[Verdorbenheit] 208 Erftlich. Il. 10Hier[ (Hier] 1G6halb 32durch 48(in-)des 64zu 79 (Zurukhal-) tung [haltung] 80 f[chlich- [[chlichteften] 96 Bei 101 (an-) dern [andern] 112 erwei- [erweifen] 128Rede 131 (pra-) lerifcher [lerifcher,] 141 (ge-) [chminkte [fchminkte,] 144 dein Typography: I. 29 lines (varies, 29 to 38), 130 (142) X 73mm., 20 lines, 91mm. (G3* p. 101), Gothic (German) type. II. 29 lines, 129 (140) X 72mm., 20 lines, 89mm. (E5* p. 73) Gothic type. Comment: The material in volume I (sections I and II) is not related to Chesterfield. Section III contains excerpts from the Letters to his Son, apparently selected from the Leipzig edition, with running comments by Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746-1818). It is not clear whether this edition, printed in Tubingen, or the next, 46.8, printed in Hamburg,

came first. The Tubingen edition has the imprimatur: ‘‘Mit allerhochft-gnadigft Kayferl. Privilegio.’’ as a strong indication of primacy; on the other hand, Campe signed the dedicatory letter in Hamburg, and the Hamburg edition has a frontispiece. Illinois (rebound since first examination).

46.8 Theophron. Hamburg. 1783. 2 vols. in 1. 8°. 164 X 99mm.

Theophron, | oder | der erfahrne Rathgeber | fur | die unerfahrne Jugend, | von | J. H. Campe. | [orn. double rule 57mm.]| Ein Vermachtnig | fiir feine gewefenen Pflegef ohne, | und | fur alle erwachsnere junge Leute, | welche Gebrauch davon machen wollen. | [short rule 27mm.]| Inter opus monitusque maduere genae, | Et patriae tremuere manus. | Ouzdius.|[rule]| Erfter [Zweiter] Theil. | [rule] | Hamburg 1783! bei Karl Ernft Bohn.

RT] [two type orn. at top center]

Collation: foolscap 8°. I. sw” x° [see Note, below] *x* A-Q® R® (R8 wanting, blank?) ($5 signed — +«4; see Note), 148 leaves; pp. [16] I II-VIII, 1-3 4-88 89-91 92-270. (271-272 wanting;

blank?) 65 misn. 56. Blank: 2, 90. Il. A-M’($5 signed + A2). 96 leaves; pp. 1-5 6-192. Blank: 4. Note: In volume I, the signatures for the first eight leaves are misleading. These are signed as if they were one gathering, *° (but with leaves 4, 5, 6 being signed +3, 4, 5). In fact, the frontispiece

and title page are conjugate [71.2], tipped in against the dedication. The second gathering (actually «*°) consists of a fold of six leaves—the dedication («1*) and the dedicatory letter (x2*-%6°); the second, third, and fourth leaves are erroneously signed +3,4,5. The gathering is sewed between «3 and «#4, which are conjugate (also +#1.6, +2.5). Signature *«° is sewed after «#2.

Contents: I. qwi1* blank, 71°? frontispiece, wi? frontispiece, 742 title (verso blank), «1° dedication: ‘‘An meine | gewefenen Pflugef ohne.” (verso blank), +2* dedicatory letter:

86 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 ‘Meine lieben Kinder.”’, on +6° ‘‘Hamburg den 31 Jenner 1783.| Campe.”’ | [short orn. rule] J preface, on VIII [short orn. rule]| CW: “I. Theo-”, 7 section title: “I.| Theophrons guter

Rath | fur | feinen Sohn, | als diefer im Begrif war | ins ge[chaftige Leben zu treten.”’ (verso blank), 3 [orn. rule] (factotum with initial N* standing above first line, 3 lines indented for

factotum) and text, on 88 [short orn. rule] | CW: “IL”, 89 section title: “II.| Theophrons guter

Rath, | f eines Sohnes | kunftigen Umgang mit Menfchen | betreffend."’ (verso blank),

91 [orn. rule] text (Cap. S*), on 270 [orn. 32 X 48mm. ] ,

orn. rule] , ,

II. 1 title (verso blank), 3 section title: “HI. | Merkwurdige Lebensregeln | aus des | Grafen von Chefterfield Briefen | an [einen Sohn, | in einem zwekma § igen Auszuge [und mit néthigen Abanderungen.” (verso blank), 5 [orn. rule] text (Cap. D*), on 192 [short

CW) I. 32her, 64der 96(menfch-) lichen 105 Krafte [Krafte,] 128 mit 160Suche 189 jenes [jenes,] 192 die 217 glauben [ glauben, ] 224 Mancher, 256 Erfahrung

Tl. 32der 54Mit[{ (Mit | 64 algemei-[algemeinen] 96gar 117 den [Verftand] 128ftandhaft, 160 genothigt, Typography. 23 lines, 112 (125) X 65mm., 20 lines, 96mm. (II. B7* p. 29) Gothic type.

Comment: The text is the same as in 46.7. The frontispiece represents a forest scene, an old man seated, leaning against a tree, holding by

the hand a young man about to begin a journey. In the background, there is a dimly marked

road, with steep hills beyond. The old man is speaking. Caption: “Vermeide die Landstrasfe!”’ (“Avoid the highway!”) [110 X 66mm.; plate approximately 143 X 85mm. E. Henne del. & c.] In volume II, on direction line of signatures B-M: ‘Theophron 2. Th.” Illinois (rebound since first examination)

47 Theophron. Tubingen. 1786. 2 vols. 8°. 167 X 98mm.

Theophron, | oder | der erfahrne Rathgeber | fur | die unerfahrne Jugend! von | J. H. Campe. | [tapered rule 57mm.]| Ein Vermachtnig | fur feine gewefenen Pflegefohne | und | fiir alle erwachfene junge Leute welche | Gebrauch davon machen wollen. | [short rule 15mm.]| Inter opus monitusque maduere gen@&, | Et patriae tremuere manus. | Ou7dius.| Erfter Theil. | [rule] | Mit allerhochft-

gnadigft Kayferl. Privilegio. [double rule]! Tubingen, | bey Wilh. Heinr. Schramm und Joh. Friedr. Balz.|1786. —[stet. gene patriae] Volume II: — [same, except:]... J. H. Campe. | [orn. rule 51mm.]| ... Leute | welche Gebrauch davon machen wollen. | [short rule 35mm.]|... Ouzdzus.| [rule]! Zweiter Theil. | [rule]! ... Privilegio. | [orn. rule]! Tubingen, | bey Wilh. Heinr. Schramm und Joh. Friedr. Ballz. | 1786. HT] fornament: I. 11 X 60mm. festoons draped over bar, medallion at center; II. 22 X 73mm. elaborate leaf motif] RT] [double rule 14mm. ] Collation: foolscap 8°. I. mw *' x1 (see Note)*«* A-N* O* ($5 signed —O4; see Note), 119 leaves; pp. [14] I II-VI (VII misn. VI), 1-3 4-72 73-75 76-216 Il. A-K*($5 signed —A1,2 C5), 80 leaves; pp. 1-5 6-160. 110 misn. 101, 100 not numbered.

Items 46.8 to 47.3 87 _ Note: The engraved frontispiece and the title are conjugate (4°) and adhere to *1. Unsigned are +*1,3,4 and x1. +*2.3 are missigned +4,5. x1 adheres to *4. These seven leaves are sewn between

«2.3. The frontispiece (see 46.8) is 110 X 66mm. plus caption (8mm. more); plate mark 134 X

80mm. No engraver is named. The subject is the same in the two editions, but the two engravings are not necessarily from the same plate.

Contents: \. 21* blank, 11° frontis., 72? title (verso blank), «1° ‘‘An meine | gewefenen Pflegefohne.” (verso blank), «2 [orn 22 X 65mm.] | ‘Meine lieben Kinder!’’, on x1° “Hamburg den 31. Jenner 1783. | [short double rule 13mm.] | Campe.’’ and CW, I [orn. 36 X 65mm.] ‘’Vorbericht.’’, 1 section title: “I. | Theophrons guter Rath | fur | [einen Sohn. | als diefer im Begrif war | ins ge[chaftige Leben zu treten.”, 2 blank, 3 HT and text (Cap. N’), 73 section title: “II. | Theophrons guter Rath | [eines Sohnes | Kunf tigen Umgang mit Menfchen betreffend.”’, 74 blank, 75 HT and text (Cap. S*) II. 1 title (verso blank), 3 section title: “III. | Merkwurdige Lebensregeln | aus des | Grafen von Chefterfield Briefen | an [einen Sohn, | in einem zwekma § igen Auszuge | und mit nothigen Abanderungen.”’ (verso blank) 5 [orn.] and text

CW) TL 16in 24[noCW] 32die 48 Aber 64daR 80von 9 der[derfelben,] 112 Seh-[Sehnen] 128 wel-[welches] 144um 160das_ 176 als 192Und / weder 198 dre [der]

Tl. 10Hier[(Hier] 16halb 32durch 37Hute[(Hute] 48des 64zu 75 (ungiin-) fgen [ftigen) 80 f[chlich-[fchlichteften] 96 Bei 101 (an-) dern (andern) 112 erwei- ferweifen] 119[no CW] 128Rede 144 dein

Typography: 29 lines, 130 (141) X 73mm., 20 lines, 91mm. (I. B4* p. 23) Gothic type. | Comment: If this is the second edition to which Campe refers in his Klugheztslehren (47.3), then it provides additional support to the acceptance of the previous Tuubingen edition (46.7) as the first edition; the Hamburg edition (46.8) might be a piracy—but then what was the history

of the frontispieces? | BM

47.3 Klugheitslehren. Braun\chweig. 1793. 8°. 175 X 103mm. Klugheitslehren | fir | Jiinglinge | [tapered rule 44mm.]| Aus! des Grafen von Chefterfield Briefen| an Seinen Sohn | in| einen zwekma § igen Auszug, mit nothigen | Abanderungen, gebracht |! von|J. H. Campe. | [rule]! Zweite befondere Auflage. | (orn. double rule]! Braun{ chweig | in der Schul-buchhandlung | 1793.

HT] [tapered rule 60mm.]

RT] [page numbers at top center, between long dashes]

Collation: crown 8°. «° A-I° K* ($5 signed —%4 K4; D2 missigned C2), 80 leaves; pp. I-III IV-VIII, 7 2-152. .

Colophon: on p. 152 [rule]! Braun} chweig, | gedruckt in der Schulbuchhandlungs= _ druckerei! durch E. W. G. Kircher. | [tapered rule 44mm.] Contents: *1 [= I] title (verso blank), IJ preface, on VIII ‘“Campe.” | [tapered rule 39 mm.] and CW ‘Der,’ 1 [tapered rule 60 mm.] and text (Cap. D’), on 152 colophon.

CW] i6diefe 17 ge[genug,] 32/Nimm 48 leicht 64 Un=(Unruhe) 80 Ich 96es 112ich[ich,] 125 (die) die [Freiheit] / und 128 Noch 129 klein [kleinfte] 144 mit

88 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 Typography: 26 lines, 118 (129) X 72mm., 20 lines, 92mm. (C8* p. 47) Gothic type.

Comment: In the preface, Campe explained that when he reworked his Theophron for the third edition, the rules of worldly wisdom drawn from Chesterfield’s letters no longer could be appropriately woven into the plan (“nicht ... auf eine {chickliche WeiJe einzuweben’). Accordingly, they now appeared separately. The text 1s the same as in Merkwurdige Lebensregeln (46.7, 46.8, and 47). A French translation was published in 1804, under the title ‘Les Moyens de plair ... d’apres les lettres du Comte de Chesterfield a son fils. Traduction libre de !’Allemand. Paris ... 3 vol. in-18.”

[copy in BN]. | Illinois (rebound since first examination)

48 The Seven United Provinces, in Dutch. 1786. 8°. 223 * 133mm. uncut. IETS UIT HET ENGELSCH,! TER VERLICHTING | VAN | NEDERLANDSCHE OOGEN.|!GETROKKEN UIT DE! MENGELSCHRIFTEN | VAN | PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, | Graave van CHESTERFIELD. | {rule] | INHOLLAND 1786. | [rule]

HT] BERICHT! WEGENS DE! REGEERING | Van het Gemeenebest der Zeven Vereenigde | PROVINTIEN.

RT] [page numbers centered, within parentheses] Collation: demy 8°. A® BS (signed A2, 3, 4, 5 B1, 3), 14 leaves; pp. 1-3 4 5 6 7 8-28.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 3 “WOORBERICHT.”, 7 HT and text (Cap. V’)

CW] 4o0p 8(toeftem-]men 12(weer-) wil 16 Le {[Leden] / (vol-) ftrek- [ftrekte] / van 20 ge-[“genoeg] 24 (Penfio-) na- [naris] / Vrouw, Typography: 27 lines, 142 (156) X 77mm., 20 lines, 107mm. (B2” p. 20)

Comment: This 1s the first of the miscellaneous pieces in the fourth volume of the Le#ters; the full

title there is: “Some Account of the Government of the Republic of the Seven United _ Provinces.” Schumann’s “Briefe an den Sohn, Holl. Auswahl. 1786.” evidently refers to this pamphlet. See Kurt Schumann, Die padagogischen Ansichten des Grafen Chesterfield (Langensalsa: Hermann Beyer & Sohne, 1917), p. 121.

BM NYP

[49] [L’Art de Vivre Heureux. Lausanne: Mourer. 1781. 12°. 173 X 102mm. uncut.| L’ART | DE| VIVRE HEUREUX |! DANS|LA SOCIETE, |! PAR M. LE COMTE| DE CHESTERFIELD. | (orn. 29 X 45mm.]|A LAUSANNE, | Chez JEAN MOURER. | [orn. double rule]! M. DCC. LX XXtI. Comment: This 1s in fact The Economy of Human Life, generally ascribed to Robert Dodsley, and hence erroneously included in the earlier issue of this bibliography. Gustav Lanson, in his Manuel Bibliographique de la Littérature Francaise Moderne (Paris:

Items 47.3 to 49.3 89 Hachette, 1909-14; new ed., 1925, item 8065) wrongly identifies this text: ‘“L’Art de vivre heureux dans la societe, trad. de l’Advice to his Son, 1781, in-12.” Y

49.3 Selections, in Spanish. Madrid, 1797. 8°. 142 X 79mm. LECCIONES | DE MUNDO Y DE CRIANZA! ENTRESACADAS | DE LAS CARTAS QUE! MILORD CHESTERFIELD | ESCRIBA A SU HIJO!| STANHOPE | QUANDO ESTABA EDUCANDOSE. | TRADUCIDAS | DEL INGLES AL ESPANOL,! Y PUBLICADAS | POR DON JOSEF GONZALEZ | Torres de Navarra, Capitan de| Fragata graduado de Ja Real| Armada. | Con licentia: en Madrid.| En la Imprenta de la Viuda, € Hijo de Marin. | Ano de 1797.| Ex la Libreria de Arribas, Carrera de S$. Geronimo.

HT] LECCIONES | DE MUNDO Y DE CRIANZA.| LECCION PRIMERA. | AMISTADES.

RT] [none] , Collation: pot 8°. m° (see Comment) A-O* P* (—P4) Q’ ($4 signed —P3), 123 leaves; pp. [12] 1-229 230-234. Blank: 230.

Contents: m1 title (verso blank), 72 dedication: “AL EX.” S.” | D. JUAN DE LANGARA, | HUARTE, ARISMENDI, Y TREJO:| Comendador de las Casas de| Talavera en la Orden de Ca- | latrava, del Consejo de Esta- | do, Secretario de Estado, y\ del Despacho universal de Ma- | rina, Gentil- hombre de Camara | de. S. M. con exercicio, Te- | ntente-general de la Real Ar- | mada, Regidor perpetuo de las| Ciudades de Cadiz, y la Co- \runa, &c. &e.”, on 13° complimentary close and the author’s name: “Jph. Gonzalez.”, 74 “PRELIMINAR.”, 76” “TABLA | DE LAS 24. LECCIONES.”, 1 HT and text (Cap. L’ standing on first line), on 220 ‘FIN.”, 221 “INDICE”, 230 blank, 231 “NOTA DEL TRADUCTOR.”, on 234 “J. G.” (see Comment). No CW. Typography: 25 lines, 109 (117) X 56mm., 20 lines, 88 mm. (C3* p. 37) Comment: Although the watermarks are indistinct, it appears that 71 is not conjunct with 76. The “Nota Del Traductor” (Q’), as described below, was certainly an addendum to the work, but after the Inquisition had spoken, it became a vital part of the publication as the author and

publisher intended to issue it.

From that “Nota” one learns that after the unfortunate Captain Joseph Gonzales had

published his Lecciones in 1797, the Inquisition (obviously the Spanish Inquisition) had by an

edict of 2 December 1797 prohibited the reading of the letters of Lord Chesterfield! The translator stated that he had meticulously reviewed his work in order to make sure that no passage in it could be misinterpreted in intent or meaning, particularly with respect to religious

sentiment. He then pointed out six passages that had required emendation. A typical change inserts “‘politicas” after “‘virtudes” (“political virtues’’), with the explanation that he did not wish to speak of the Christian virtues; another qualifies “espiritu” with “de la urbanidad,” to tread “el espiritu de la urbanidad de Chesterfield” (“the spirit of the urbanity of Chesterfield”). One change cancels seven lines with the explanation that it would take ‘un largo discurso” to clarify the passage. Finally, “de los deberes morales y religiosos” becomes ‘‘de los deberes de la buena crianza” (“good breeding’). At the end of the Note, the word “Corregidas” was written in, heavily inked; at-each specified place in the text, the indicated change had been made in the same age-browned ink.

The dedication is dated 20 February 1797; the title page, 1797; and the Note must be subsequent to the date of the edict of the Inquisition, 2 December 1797. One can easily infer the

90 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 anxious days of the translator as he sought to clear himself from any possible blame in having dealt with a publication based on a work placed on the prohibited list. One wonders what his subsequent relationship was with the most honorable recipient of the dedication. SLG

[50] [L’Art de Vivre Heureux. Dresden. 1799.] Schumann reports the following, which he has not seen: “L’Art de vivre heureux dans la société, Dresde. 1799” (p. 122). This is again Dodsley’s Economy of Human Life; see [49].

C. Other Works —_ [nos. 51-53] 51 Miscellaneous Works, in German. Leipzig. 1778-1780. 3(?) vols. 8°. 160 X 98mm.

Vermifchte Werke | des Herrn| Philipp Dormer Stanhope, | Grafen von | Chefterfield. | [short rule 35mm.]| Aus dem Englifchen uberfetzt. | [short rule 57mm.]|Erfter Band, |D. Matys Nachrichten von den Lebensumftanden | des Grafen enthaltend. | [orn. 11 X 20mm.]|[rule]| Leipzig, | bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich. 1778. Volume II: [as above, except:}| Zweyter Band, |! Auffatze aus Wochenf chriften |

enthaltend. | [rule]! Leipzig, | bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich. 1779. Volume III: [as above, except:] Dritter Band, | Auffatze aus Wochenfchriften | und freundfchaftliche Briefe | enthaltend. | [rule]! Leipzig, | bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich. 1780. HT] [rule of type orn. 28mm.]! Nachrichten! von dem Leben! des! Lords Chefterfield. | [rule] RT] — [orn. rule 24mm.] Collation: foolscap 8°. 1.” A-Z® 2A-2G* 2H? 2I* ($5 signed — 214; see Note), 252 leaves; pp. I-IIIIV, 1 2-499 500. Blank: 500. Il m1 A-X* Y"(— Y8) ($5 signed), 176 leaves; pp. [2] 1 2-350.

Wl. ml A-Z*, 2A-2E* 2F° (—2F8) 2G* (—2G8) ($5 signed), 239 leaves; pp. [2] 1 2-474 475-476. Blank: 475-476 (= 2G7). 388 misn. 38.

Note: J. #2 is signed 2. The direction line with the signature is at the foot of $1; on other pages, the signature is above the footnote; catchwords are above the footnotes.

Contents: |. m1 title (verso blank), II (=72) preface (no heading), 1 HT and text (Cap. J’ [Maty’s Memoirs], on 499 [double rule 15mm.], 500 blank.

II. 1 title (verso blank), 7 [rule of type orn. 28mm.] and text (Cap. I’) [Fog’s Journal, etc.], on 350 ‘““Ende des zweyten Bandes.”’ Ill. 71 title (verso blank), 1 [rule of type orn. 28mm.] and text (Cap. O’) [The World], 154

section heading: [rule of type orn.]| ‘’Briefe | des Lords Chefterfield | an feine Freunde. | [short rule 22mm.]| Erftes Buch.”’| [rule] and text (Cap. A’) [with footnote: translated from the French), on 474 [short double rule 15mm.], 475-476 blank.

CW] I. 48dachte, 9%der 144und 192damals/.faffer 216 (er-) fillet

Items 49.3 to 51.3 91 [erfullet] 240Der 288In 336 waren, 384 (Arzney-) Kunft 432 Die 480 nach

Il. 48Kunden ware 144wie 192durch 240 Alteng-[Altengland] 288 abftam-[abftammen] 336 herum

Il. 18 was,[was] 27Ehre[Ehre,] 48 ich, 96der 114So0 192 ohne[ohnehin] 221 (Gegen-) theil [theil,] 240 Frank- [Frankreich] 288den 336 Mutter 384die 395 Jelbft[felbft,] 432 Verdien [Verdienfte] 443 ift [ift:] Typography: 26 lines, 113 (125) X 61mm., 20 lines, 87mm. (I. H3* p. 117) Gothic type.

Comment: From the preface, which mentions Maty and Justamond and then volume III and B. W. (see 149, 152, and 159), one assumes that this translation will include them all, running to perhaps five or six volumes. Schumann records only “Vermischte Werke. Aus dem Engl. ubers. ‘Lpz. 1778-1780”, which he has seen, but without specifying the number of volumes (p. 121); his own notes are to the English edition. C. G. Kayser lists only three volumes (Bucher- Lexikon, V. 307).

Volume II of the Vermischte Werke omits some eighty pages from Maty’s edition (second edition, 152.1, II, 319-400): Chesterfield’s speeches on the Licensing Bill and the Gin Act, the character of Lord Scarborough, and six other brief items. It includes essays from Fog’s Journal, Common Sense, Old England, and seven from The World. Volume III gives some fifteen essays from The World and the hundred letters which fill Maty’s third volume; the German text here takes perhaps half the space that the combined French and English do in the original. Y

51.3. Les deux Mentors. Amsterdam & Paris. 1784. 2 vols. 12°. 166 X 91mm. LES | DEUX MENTORS !OU|1MEMOIRES|! POUR SERVIR!A L’HISTOIRE DE MCEURS ANGLOISES, | AU 18me. SIECLE.| Traduction libre d l’Anglois de M. +*«.| PaR M. D. LA P... TOME PREMIER. [SECOND.]| [orn. 18 X 21mm.]|A AMSTERDAM. | Et fe trouve a Paris, | Chez PRAULT, Imprimeur du Roi, Quai! des Auguftins, a l’Immortalite. | [double rule 53mm.]!|M. DCC. LX XXIV. [orn. in II 16 X 34mm.]

HT] [rect. orn. 17 X 64mm.; in II, 19 X 69mm.]| LES| DEUX MENTORS. | [double rule] | RT] — LES DEUX MENTORS. | LES DEUX MENTORS.

Collation: demy 12°. I. ~— 7’ A-L’* M” (—M12; possibly = II. O1) ($6 signed), 145 leaves; pp. [4] 1 2-284 285-286. 23 not numbered. Il. 72° A-N” O1 ($6 signed). 159 leaves; pp. [4] 1 2-312 313-314. Page 66 numbered at inner

comer.

Contents: I. 71 half title (verso blank), 72 title (verso blank), 1 HT and text (Cap. J’ standing on first line), on 284 “Fin du premier Tome.”, 285 “ERRATA. | Pour le premier Volume.” (list of sixteen items).

II. w1 half title (verso blank), 72 title (verso blank), 1 HT and text, on 312 ‘“FIN.”, 313 “ERRATA. | Pour le Jecond Volume.” (23 items). No CW. Typography: 23 lines, 114 (125) X 63mm. 20 lines, 100mm. (I. C3* p. 53) Comment: This is The Two Mentors, by Clara Reeve (see 136). The translator was M. de la Place (see 51.4).

BN copy reported at BM

92 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 51.4 Reissue. Amsterdam & Paris. 1785. 2 vols. 12°. LES | DEUX MENTORS,!TRADUCTION LIBRE! DE L’ANGLOIS DE M. «x | PAR M. D. LA P....| TOME PREMIER. [SECOND.]| [short rule 45mm.]|34412 [3 les deux vol. brochés. [short rule 46mm.]| orn. 24 X 45mm. in II, a different orn. 24 X 44mm.]|A AMSTERDAM, | Et fe trouve a PARIS, HARDOUIN, Libraire de S.A.S. Madame la Duche\j\e de Chartres, au Palais-royal, fous les Arcades

Chez N°. 14.

GATTEY, Libraire, rue des Prétres Saint GermainI’ Auxerrois.

[double rule 46mm.]!M. DCC. LXXXV. Collation, contents, typography: [as in 51.3 except:] +7 11° [verso of half title:] advertisement of

Chez ao

“RECUIEL DE PIECES INTERESSANTES”” by M’. de la Place, published by:

PRAULT, Imprimeur du Roi, quai des Auguf tins; HARDOUIN & GATTEY, Libraires

Comment. This is a reissue with new half titles and titles, as above. BN

52 L’Eleve du Plaisir. Amsterdam & Paris, 1787. 2 vols. 12°. 166 X 91mm. L'ELEVE | DU| PLAISIR, | PAR M. PRATT. | Traduit de l’Anglois sur la quatrieme |

Edition,|Par M. L. D.| PREMIERE PARTIE. | [tapered rule 32mm.]|A AMSTERDAM, | Chez D. J. CHANGUION; | Et se trouve A PARIS, | Chez THEOPHILE BARROIS le jeune, | Libraire, quai des Auguftins, n°. 18. M. DCC. LXXXVII.

HT] [double rule]! L7ELEVE |! DU | PLAISIR. | [double rule]

RT] L'ELEVE! DU PLAISIR. Collation: demy 12°. I. nw’ a’ A-F” G® ($6 signed —a3,4 AG, G5,6), 86 leaves; pp. [4] 2 i-vill, 2 2-158 159-160. 120 misn. 102, 151 misn. 15. Blank: 159-160.

Il. a A-F’ ($6 signed), 74 leaves; pp. [4] 1 2-142 143-144. Blank: 143-144.

Contents: |. 71 half title (verso blank), m2 title (verso blank), 7 ‘PREFACE | DE L’'AUTEUR ANGLOIS.’, 1 HT and text (Cap. L’ standing on first line), on 158 “Fin de la premiere Partie.”, 159-160 blank.

II. m1 half title (verso blank), 72 title (verso blank), 1 HT and text (Cap. J’ standing), on 142 “Fin de la seconde & derniere Partie.” 143-144 blank. No CW. Typography. 24 lines, 116 (126) X 63mm., 20 lines, 97mm. (I. A3* p. 5)

Comment: By Samuel Jackson Pratt. See 131. The BN copy is bound in one volume, in red morocco, with the royal arms on the cover. ‘rranslated by August-Jacques Lemiere d’Argy [BN catalogue]. BN

Items 51.4 to 53 93 53 The Pupil of Pleasure, in German. 1790. W. P. Courtney, in the DNB (XVI [1917], 296) under S. J. Pratt, lists a German edition of the Pupil of Pleasure, 1790. Schumann also lists a German edition, but without seeing it; I suspect that his entry depends on that in the DNB.

VI. Adaptations and Abridgments [NOS. 54-127]

A. The Life of Chesterfield = [nos. 54-56] 54 The Life... London. 1774. 12°. 2 vols. 170 X 103mm. THE | LIFE !OF THE LATE! Eari of CHESTERFIELD: | OR, THE! MAN oF THE WORLD. | INCLUDING] His LorDsHIP’s principal SPEECHES in | PARLIAMENT; his _

mojt admired Essays | in the Paper called THE WORLD; his | POEMs; and the Subjtance of the SYSTEM | of EDUCATION| DELIVERED IN Al SERIES ofr LETTERS To

HIS SON.| VOL. I. [II]! [double rule]! LONDON, | Printed for J. Bew, in Paternofter-Row. | M DCC LXXIV.

HT] [double rule] |THE! MAN of the WORLD;! OR, THE! LIFE OF THE LATE | Earl of CHESTERFIELD. | [rule]

RT] [page numbers: in I, within square brackets; in II, within parentheses] Collation: demy 12°. I. A’ B-M” N° ($6 signed —C6 H6 N5,6), 144 leaves; pp. 7-7v v-viii, 1 2-280. 94 misn. 49. Engraved frontispiece. Il. A’ B~M”. ($6 signed), 134 leaves; pp. [4] 1 2-263 264. Blank: 264.

Contents: |. Al half title (verso blank), frontis., an unsigned copy of the Hoare portrait (2 and 5), 124 X 78mm. (plate mark 144 X 96mm.), A2 title (verso blank), v introduction, 1 HT and text (Cap. P’), on 280 “END of VOL. I.”

Il. Al half title (verso blank), A2 title (verso blank), 1 HT and text (Cap. H’), on 263 “FINIS.” 264 blank.

CW] iL. 12 pleafe 24Lord 48 fubmit 81 (of-)ten [order] 96 ‘There 108 The [“The] 112 After- [“After-] 120(com-) pofition 145 But [But,] 146 all [all)} 150 that [that,] 168 dead.” [“dead.”] 190 virtue [virtue,] 206 London, [London] 215 rif ing [rifing,] 216 with 227 “I muft [I muft,] No CW: 34, 116, 191, 234, 235, 236, 266, 268. II. 2. (indul-) gence [gence,] 8[no CW] 14 (in-) come [come,] 24 others. 72 con[conf piracies,] 119 (in-) truction, [ftructions,] 155 inch: [inch;] 164 (pre-) cautions {cautions,] 176 Two [“Two] 181 (weak-) nefs [of their language] 244 Regnier, [Regnier.] Typography: 31 lines, 129 (138) X 70mm., 20 lines, 83 mm. (I. E3* p. 77)

Press figures: I. vil-4 2-4 48-3 50-4 69-5 95-2 103-6 132-3 138-1 161-¢ [upside down 3] 166-5 190-3 192-2 194-2 216-3 228-€ 238-2 261-5 263-4 278-5

Il. 2-6 16-7 26-7 48-6 50-6 78-8 76-6 94-7 108-1 118-2 156-7 166-8 190-8 192-2 202-2 204-7 239-1 240-7 261-6 262-2 Variant: 239-7 Comment: Misprint at IT, 158, “My dear Fiend.”

Aside from the essays, speeches, and poems, this work contains a great number of excerpts

Items 54 to 56 99 from the Letters, apparently put into the form of a life to circumvent the copyright. This is therefore the first of the adaptations. The Life was first advertised in the London Chronicle for 23 July 1774. The price was five shillings sewed, or six shillings bound. The advertisement in the Chronicle describes this edition as “ornamented with a most elegant portrait of his Lordship.” The engraving, however, is merely a reworking of the Hoare portrait. In the Yale copy, the frontispiece is different: an elaborate frame; within, Chesterfield seated at a table, a quill pen in his hand. Caption: “PHILIP Earl of CHESTERFIELD.” and a quotation,

five lines from Thomson, of which the second line is “To teach the young idea how to shoot’’—which Mrs, Stanhope used in her introduction to the Letters.

BM Bodl Newberry Princeton SLG UCal Y

55 Dublin: H. Saunders et al. 1774. 12°.173 X 104mm. THE| LIFE! OF THE LATE! Earr of CHESTERFIELD: | OR, THE MAN | OF THE WORLD. | INCLUDING | His LorDsHIP’s principal SPEECHES in | PARLIAMENT; | His

mojt admired Essays in the Paper called, | THE WORLD; | His Poems; | And the Subj tance of the! SYSTEM of EDUCATION, | DELIVERED IN A| SERIES OF

LETTERS To His SON. | [orn. rule]! DUBLIN: | Printed for H. Saunders, W. Sleater,| D. Chamberlaine, J. Potts, J. Williams,| W. Wilfon, R. Moncrieffe, L. Flin,|J. Hoey, jun. and J. A. Huf band. | [short orn. rule 25mm.]|M DCC LXXIV: [inverted period]

HT] = [double rule]! THE! MAN of the WORLD;! OR, THE! LIFE OF THE LATE | Earl of CHESTERFIELD. | [rule; distance between top and bottom rules, 57mm.]

RT] = Life of the late | Earl of Chefterfield. Collation: demy 12°. A’ B-O” P* ($5 signed —OS5 P3,4), 162 leaves; pp. #-7#7 iv, 1 2-172 173 174-320. Variant: 288 misn. 88. Direction lines $1 (+ A2) show ‘Vol. I’ in signatures B-I; “Vol. II” in I3 and K-P. Variant: “Vol. I” not shown on B-G. Contents: A1 title (verso blank), ##7 introduction, 1 HT and text (Cap. P*), on 172 “END of VOL.

I.”, 183 HT (as above, but the distance between the top and bottom rules is 41mm.) and text, Chapter VII. (Cap. H’), on 320 “FINIS.”

CW] 24go0od 48alone 65 Then [Then,] 70 After- [Afterwards] 95 DEAR ["DEAR) 120“This 192 he (virtually not inked) 216 his 268 bu [but] 288 MAXTypography. 39 lines, 141 (149) X 76mm., 20 lines, 72mm. (E5* p. 81)

Comment: Copy text, 54. Small verbal changes show that this could not have been the copy text for 56: p. 1 (54) “Birth, and his Progress’ becomes (55) “Birth, and Progress”; p. 1, line 3, “father, Philip the third earl” becomes “father, the third earl’; 4, 12, “talked Ovid” becomes (3, 13) “talked of Ovid”.

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56 Philadelphia: Sparhawk. 1775. 8°. 204 X 125mm. THE | LIFE! OF THE LATE! Eart of CHESTERFIELD: | OR, THE! MAN OF THE WORLD. | INCLUDING | His LORDSHIP’s principal SPEECHES in PARLIA- | MENT; his

96 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 moft admired Essays in the Paper | called THE WORLD; his POEMs; and the | Subf tance of the SYSTEM of EDUCATION | DELIVERED IN A| SERIES oF LETTERS To His

SON. | [double rule] | LONDON, Printed: | PHILADELPHIA, Re-printed for JOHN SPARHAWK.|M DCC LXXV. HT] — [double rule]! THE! MAN of the WORLD;| OR, THE! LIFE OF THE LATE | Earl of CHESTERFIELD. | [rule]

RT] — [page numbers centered between square brackets] Collation: demy 8°. A’ B-Z* 2A-2Z' 3A-3C‘ 3D? ($2 signed —2C2 2H2 2L2 2N2 2P2 2R2 2T2 2X2 2Z2 3A2 3D2), 196 leaves; pp. 7-27 iii-iv, 1 2-388. Contents. Al title (verso blank), iii introduction, 1 HT and text (Cap. P*), on 388 “FINIS.”

CW] 16himfelf, 32 Robert 64 (chil-) dren: 83 (way [way)] 96 bafhfulne}s. 128 (necef-) [ary 149 faying,[aying,] 168(a-)larmed 200(fo-) reign 248A perfon 269 “Adieu, [“Adieu] 296(com-) monly 344 (flatter-)ed 345 you [you,] 376 ftole , Typography: 37 lines, 156 (165) X 87mm., 20 lines, 85mm. (G1* p. 41)

Comment: Copy text, 54; see Comment to 55.

AAS LC LCP NYP Princeton SLG Y

B. Principles of Politeness —_[nos. 57-91.7] [For Copy Texts, see INTRODUCTION, III-C]

| 57 First edition. 1775. 8°. 192 X 126mm. uncut. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World;| BY THE LATE | ~ LORD CHESTERFIELD. |! Methodifed and digefted under dif tinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Reverend! Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inf truction neceffary to complete the Gentle- | man and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Know- | ledge of Life, and make him well received in all |Companies. | FOR THE | IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, | STRAND, and C.

ETHERINGTON, at YORK.| MDCCLXXV. HT] — [rect. of type orn. 11 X 67mm.]| PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | (orn. rule 46mm. ] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS. 45mm. except C2, 3 D7, 8, E4 F2, 5 G2 36mm. H1 40mm.] Collation: demy 8°. A°® B-H’ ($4 signed; D3 missigned D2), 62 leaves (see Comment); pp. [6] 7 ii iti-vit, 1 2-109 110-112. Blank: 110. Variant: 111-112 blank.

Contents: Al half title (verso blank), A2 title (verso blank), A3 dedication “To the Right Honourable Edward, Lord Viscount Ligonier, of Clonmell, Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Foot’, signed “John Trusler. Cobham, Jan. 1, 1775.” (verso blank), 7 advertisement, dated Jan. 1775, on ii “A French edition of this volume will Shortly be publifhed.”, 277 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 109 “FINIS.”, 110 blank, 111 advertisement for pt. II, addressed to young ladies; also Trusler’s Chronology; also “The Gentleman and Lady’s Companion in the Garden.” Variant: 121-112 blank.

CW] 2Modefty [Modefty,] 16Ineed 32to 48(Asa man) who [as a man, who] 60 doubt [doubt,] 80 26. Smel- (26. Smelling] 96 arrogance 98 ‘whether [“whether] 108 For

Items 56 to 59 97 Typography: 27 lines, 117 (128) X 68mm., 20 lines, 89mm. (E4” p. 54)

Comment: This is Text A; 58, 59, and 60 are reissues of 57 (— A1,2 +A1.2). Turned chain lines (horizontal, rather than the expected vertical chain lines of an octavo) occur in signature B of all copies of 57, 58, 59, and 60, and usually also in C or D; rarely in all three or only in B, and never in the other signatures. Specifically: 57B and C (Y), B D(H LCP SLG[2)), B C D (Bodl); 58B C (BM), B D (SLG); 59B (SLG); 60B C (BM Bod).

H8, which is often wanting but appears to be conjugate with H1 in the BM copy of 58, usually though not always bears advertisements.

Some copies have inserted after H8 a conjugate two-leaf advertisement of eleven books published by J. Bell (Bod! and Y 57, BM 58, SLG 59).

Text A (57-60), which served as the copy text for the unauthorized editions, reads “23. Mimickry, the favourite amusement ...’’ (p. 102); this is moved to p. 87 in Text B, and “35. The last thing I shall mention ...” (p. 108) is renumbered 34. in Text B. See Introduction, IV.C. On page ii it is stated that each copy is signed by the editor and the publisher, although usually only one of them signs; this practice continues in the later editions, Trusler generally signing. An

edition in French is promised (see 46). In the advertisement at the end, the second part, for young ladies, is promised for early publication; it is not taken from Chesterfield’s letters. Although the dedicatin is dated 1 January 1775, the first advertisement of the book appeared in the London Chronicle on 7 February 1775. It read, ‘The substance of Lord Chesterfield’s Letters, which at present form the conversation amongst all polite companies, is now comprized in a small elegant volume, ... price 2s. 6d.” This advertisement was published at intervals until the end of February. The next advertisements, beginning 25 May, were for the fourth edition. Trusler culled five pages of quotations from his Principles of Politeness and summarized the two parts in eight pages, to complete a book called The Honours of the Table, of which a Dublin edition appeared in 1791 (Y).

Bodl H HEH LCP SLG(2;1luncut) Y

58 Second edition (reissue). 1775. 8°. 176 X 103mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 57, except:]...| Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [rule] | THE SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, | STRAND, and C. ETHERINGTON, at York. |

MDCCLXXV. Collation: [reissue of 57, except:] A°(— A1,2 +A1.2) Contents, typography, and catch words: As in 57, with reset half title and title tipped in. Comment: See Introduction, IV.C.

BM SLG

59 Third edition (reissue). 1775. 8°. 170 X 110mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 58, except:] | [rule]] THE THIRD EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, | STRAND, and

C. ETHERINGTON, at YorkK.| MDCCLXXV.

SLG(lacks half title) ,

Collation, contents, typography. A reissue, as in 58.

98 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 60 Fourth edition (reissue). 1775. 8°. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 58, except:]| [rule] | THE FOURTH EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, | STRAND, and C. ETHERINGTON, at YorkK.!| MDCCLXXV. Collation, contents, typography: A reissue, as in 58.

BM Bodl

60.1 Second “Fourth” edition. 1775. 8°-form 16°. 176 X 107mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World;| BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Reverend | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | PART I.| CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentle-| man and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Know-| ledge of Life, and make him well received in all | Companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH; Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [rule]! THE FOURTH EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for JOHN BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, | STRAND, and C. ETHERINGTON, at YorRK; of | whom may be

had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. | MDCCLXXV. HT] [rect. of type orn. 21 X 70mm.] PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [short orn. rule 44mm.] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS. 36mm. except 39mm. pp. 5, 89, 91, 105, 107; 44-46mm. 11, 17, 29, 57, 67, 81] Collation: (8°-form) 16°. A-G* H* ($4 signed — A2 H3,4), 60 leaves; pp. [4] 7 ti 2#7-v7, 1 2-109 110.

Blank: 110. Contents: A1 title (verso blank), A2 dedication, as in 57(verso blank), 7 advertisement (see Comment), /#/ contents, 1 (=A6) HT and text (Cap. A’), on 109 “FINIS.”, 710 blank.

CW] 2 Mode}ty [Modefty,] 16 others [others,} 32to 48 who 60 doubt, 80 26. Smel- 96 with 108 For Typography: 27 lines, 115 (126) X 69mm., 20 lines, 85mm. (D8” p. 54)

Comment: Text B, with the inserted paragraph, p. 18, “It has, for a length of time ...”; section 23, on “Mimickry”, has been shifted from p. 102 to p. 87 and subsequent sections are renumbered. The easiest and quickest check between Text A and B is on p. 108: is the final numbered section 35 (Text A) or 34 (B)?

Chain lines are horizontal; there are no visible watermarks. The volume was apparently printed on cut sheets of double-sized paper. The Advertisement ends: “A French edition of this volume and the second part will shortly be

published. .

“The second part of this work, by the Author of the first, calculated for and addressed to

young Ladies, may now be had, price 1s.6d. of J. Bell. “Note, It is uniformly printed with this, to bind up with it, if desired.” SLG

Items 60 to 61.3 4 61 Fifth edition (reissue). 1775. 8°-form 16°. 172 X 114mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 60.1, except:]| THE FIFTH EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STAND, | and C.

ETHERINGTON, at York, Price 2s. 6d.| of whom may be had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d.| MDCCLXXV. Collation: [reissue of 60.1, except:] A° (+ A1). 66 misn. 69; the first half dozen lines of this page were reset. Contents, typography. As in 60.1.

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61.3. London: Tonson & Lintot. 1775. 12°.173 X 110mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNowINnG the WORLD;| A NEW | SYSTEM of EDUCATION, | BY THE LATE! LorD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and

digejted under diftinct Heads.| WITH ADDITIONS. | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the | Gentlemen and Man of Fafhion, to teach him | a Knowledge of Life, and make him well | received in all Companies. | FOR THE | IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH. | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. |[orn. rule] | THE FIFTH EDITION. | [orn. rule]| LONDON: | Printed for J. TONSON, and R. LINTOT. | Price [titch’d, 25.6d.1775. — [stet Gentlemen] HT] [rect. of type orn. 8 X 77mm.]| Principles of Politenefs, &c. | ADDRESSED TO| EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [orn. rule] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [107 (recto) PRINCIPLES OF 108 (verso) POLITENESS. (page numbers at inner margin) Collation: demy 12°. A B-K° ($3 signed), 58 leaves; pp. [2] 7 i 727-v7, 1 2-108. Engraved frontispiece.

Contents: frontispiece, A1 title (verso blank), 7 advertisement, 777 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 108 “FINIS.” below, inverted triangle of type orn.

CW] 12(ref-) pect, 24 offenfive 26 Drefs[Drefs,] 34 Attend [There] (see Comment) 38 Whenever [Whenever,] 60 for 84do 85 Punning, [Punning] 96 that Typography. 27 lines, 113 (124) X 77mm., 20 lines, 84mm. (H2* p. 75)

Comment: Text A; relatively few textual changes, except for omission of an entire paragraph (6 lines) on p. 35, beginning “Attend to the compliments. . . .”

Frontispiece: portrait in oval frame on a pedestal, inscribed “Philip Dormer Stanhope | EARL of CHESTERFIELD” 122 X 76mm. (plate mark 162 X 101mm.). Not signed; obviously copied from the Hoare portrait of the first, second, and third editions. A pirate with a sense of humor paired the rival printers of fifty years earlier on the imprint; no Tonsons or Lintots were still in business.

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100 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 62 Dublin: Potts. 1775. 12°.175 X 103mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNOWING THE WORLD;| BY THE LATE! LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads. | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inf truction necef fary to complete the Gentle- | man and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Know- | ledge of Life, and make him well received in all | Companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH;| Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [double rule]| DUBLIN: | Printed by JAMES PoTTSs, for the UNITED COM- | PANY OF

BOOKSELLELS.|M,DCC,LXXV. —__ [stet BOOKSELLELS] , HT] [row of type orn. 7 X 69mm.]| PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO| EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN .|

RT] PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS. [POLITENESS. 36mm. except 40mm. pp. 77, 79; PRINC PLESIOF 92; POLITENESS. 78 (verso)| Collation: demy 12°. A-D”’ [$5 signed), 48 leaves; pp. 1-9 10-95 96. Blank: 96.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 3 dedication (as in 57), 4 advertisement, 5 contents, 9 HT and text (Cap. A within a square of type orn.’ 11 X 11mm.), on 95 “FINIS.”, 96 blank.

CW] 120f 24tickles 36 ADDRESS, 48 having 58 Imitate [Imitate,] GOlow 72 of 84 7. Long Typography: 34 lines, 131 (142) X 73mm., 20 lines, 77mm. (B1°* p. 25)

Press figures: 12-2 46-1 48-2 49(=C1"]-1 86-1 Comment: Text A

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63 Dublin: United Company of Booksellers. 1775. 12°. 166 X 93mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World; | BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Reverend | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every

Inftruction neceffary to complete the! Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach | him a Knowledge of Life, and make him | well received in all Companies. | FOR THE | IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH;| Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [line of type orn.]| DUBLIN: | PRINTED FOR THE UNITED COMPANY OF BOOK. | SELLERS. 1775.

HT] _ [rect. of type orn. 7 X 69mm.]! PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. RT] = PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS 47, 87] Collation: demy 12°, A B-E” F° ($5 signed — D4 E4 F4;,5), 60 leaves; pp. [6] 2 ii #7-vz, 1 2-108.

Contents: Al half title (verso blank), A2 title (verso blank), A3 dedication (verso blank), 7 advertisement, /// contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. A within square of type orn.’), on 108 “FINIS.”

CW] 2 Modefty [Modejty,] 24He 35 of [your] 36 obferva-[objJervation] 42 matter [matter,] 48 ill 51 (be-) caufe [caufe,] 60 doubt [doubt,] 72 hurry 77 Never [19. Never] 96 12. There

Items 62 to 63.3 101. Typography: 27 lines, 118 (128) X 69mm., 20 lines, 88mm. (C8” p. 40)

Comment: Text A. The Bodleian copy has bound with it pt. II, To Every Young Lady. Bodl SLG(lacks half title)

63.2 Dublin. “Printed in the Year, 1775.” 18°. 137 X 82mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! Knowing the World; | BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads.| WITH ADDITIONS, | BY THE REVEREND | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inrftuction neceffary to complete the Gentleman | and man of Fafhion, to teach him a knowledge of | Life, and make him well received in all companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT or YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [double rule]| DUBLIN: | PRINTED IN THE YEAR, | MDCCLXXV. [stet: InrJtuction] HT] [double rule] | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO | EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [rule]

RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS ..15 PRINCIPLES OF 36mm. except 39mm. 50; 42mm. 26, 28, 30, 56, 64, 90] Collation: demy 18°. A° B-G'”° ($3 signed +B4,5 D4,5 F5), 60 leaves; pp. [6] 7 ii ###7-v7, 1 2-108.

Contents: A1 half title with small engraved portrait (see Comment; verso blank), A2 title (verso blank), A3 dedication, 7 advertisement, 277 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 108 ‘“FINIS.”

CW] 2Modefty [Modefty,] 24He 28 ELE [ELEGANCE] 36 (comfa-) nies, [nies] 45 (fenti-) ments: [ments;] 60 doubt [doubt,] 7213. Among 78to[fee] 92 as, [as] 96 (arro-) gance [ance] 97 “wifhes, [“wifhes] 100 impreffion [pref fion] 102 25.

Jokes [25 Jokes, ] :

Typography: 30 lines, 101 (108) X 59mm., 20 lines, 67mm. (F3* p. 77)

Comment: Text A. The engraved portrait on the half title, in a circular frame (46mm.), is a poor likeness, vaguely like the Gosset model in 7. 63.2 must have been set from Text A (57-50) rather than from 63.3 because the Contents follows the numbering of 57, including the final item, listed as on p. 109; 63.2 ends on 108. Except for the page numbering, 63.2 and 63.3 are extraordinarily like each other, despite use of

slightly larger type in 63.3—witness nine of the eleven errata in the catch words, faithfully reproduced in 63.3. SLG

63.3. Dublin: “Printed in the Year, 1775.” 12°. 126 X 85mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World;| BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | BY THE REVEREND | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: |! CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentleman | and man of Fafhion, to teach him a knowledge of Life, | and make him well received in all Companies. | FOR

102 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 © THE | IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH;| Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [double rule]| DUBLIN: | PRINTED IN THE YEAR, !M DCC LXXV.

HT] [as in 62.2; 48mm.] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. Collation: foolscap 12°. A’ (Al wanting; half title?) B-E’’ ($6 signed — A2, 3,6), 60 leaves; pp. 1-vit Vill 2x-x11, 13 14-120. 76 misn. 64

Contents: Al (=i, wanting; half title?),.A2 title (verso blank), v dedication (verso blank), vz7 advertisement, zx contents, 13 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 120 “FINIS.” CW] onevery page of text the same as in 63.2, including errata on pp. 14, 48, 57, 72, 90,

108, 109, 112, 114, except for two corrections:) 40 ELE- 104 as {as,] N.B.: See Comment regarding changed page numbers. Typography: 30 lines, 98 (105) X 63mm., 20 lines, 66mm. (D9 p. 89)

Comment: Since the first page of text here is numbered 13, all page numbers are 12 units higher than in 63.2, the copy text, except that 76 is misnumbered 64, from 63.2. In the Contents, the pagination is corrected to conform with the actual page numbering. SLG

64 [London?] [No printer named.] 1775. 8°. 180 X 117mm. uncut. Principles of Politene}s, | AND OF | KNOWING THE WORLD;! BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. | CONTAINING | Every inftruction neceffary to complete the | gentleman and man of fafhion,| To teach him a knowledge of life, and make | him well received in all companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH: | Yet not beneath the attention of any. | [line of type orn.]| Printed in the Year 1775. HT] [rect. of type orn. 20 X 73mm.]| PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS, | ADDRESSED TOI EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [short line of type orn. 33mm.]

RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITNESS. 7] Collation: post 8°. A’(— A1) x’ B-P* [see Note] ($2 signed), 59 leaves; pp. [6] 7 2-111 112. Blank: 112.

Note: My copy, with marbled paper covers, was stabbed, and is now unbound; the back may have been very lightly shaved, so that many formerly conjugate leaves are now disjunct (e.g., x1, 2 and all $1, 4 except for D, K, and M). The stub of Al remains, conjunct with A2, the title.

Contents: (Al wanting), A2 title (verso blank), x1 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. A*), on 111 [“FINIS.”? missing]. 212 blank.

CW] 2Modefty [Modefty,] 16 (pre-) ference, [“ference,] 23 What's, [What’s-her-name,] 30 (dif-) guft, [guft.] 32a 37 (compa-) nies [nies] 48 Many 49 and [your] 62 (charac-) ters [ters,] 63 frequent [Frequent] 64to; 78 (cru-) elty, [cruelty,] 82 friends [friend] 84 [b]ooks {I would] 87 (toad-) eater [eater,] 92 gentle[gentlene}s] 96 1s [in] Typography: 28 lines, 132 (142) X 79mm., 20 lines, 95mm. (G1* p. 41) The type is especially large and clear. Comment. Text A.

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Items 63.3 to 66 103 65 London: Hoof. 1775? 12°. 180 X 104mm. uncut. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World; | By the late LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. Dk. JOHN TRUSLER: ! CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the | Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach | him a Knowledge of Life, and make him | well received in all Companies. | For the IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH;| Yet not beneath the Attention of any.| [short rule 43mm.) | LONDON. | PRINTED BY J. HOOF AND SONS, AT THE! SIGN OF THE TURTLE, IN PEDLING | STREET. [PRICE, 1s. 4.]

HT] [double rule] | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO | EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [short rule 30mm.] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITNESS. 39, 51, 69, 76. PRINCIPLES OF (recto) 73, 75, 77, POLITENESS. (verso) 74, 76, 78. POLIGHTNESS. 21] Collation: demy 12°. A-N° ($3 signed; A3, 4 missigned A2, 3), 78 leaves; pp. [2] 7-é7 iv, 5 6-118 118-146 147-153 [=154]. Blank: 154.

Contents: Al blank, A2 title (verso blank), 77 advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 147 (misn. 146) “FINIS.” 148 index (the Table of Contents of 57), on 153 inverted pyramid of type orn. 14 X 18mm., 154 blank.

CW] 15 (underftand-) ing [ing?] 18 GOOD [GOOD-] 29 (apo-) “logy [logy,] 42 you [you.] 46IN 47 orfor,] 58 otherwife [otherwife,] 70 amount 83 (them-) felves [felves,] 85 IMITATE [IMITATE,] 948. THERE 100[n0 CW] 103[noCW] 111 noife [noife,] “118 at [as] 120(com-) plaifance [plaifance,] 122 courage [courage,] 126 6 (6.] 134 avoid [avoid.] 141 at Typography: 21 lines (irregular), 94 (105) X 60mm., 20 lines, 92mm. (K1’* p. 107) First words of paragraphs are in small capitals.

Comment: Text A. The misnumbering on page 118 brings odd and even numbers on the wrong side of the leaf.

The date assigned to this edition, that of the Yale catalogue, is evidently taken from the advertisement.

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66 Sixth edition (reissue). 1775. 8°. 176 X 105mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 61, except:] |THE SIXTH EDITION. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STRAND, | and C.

ETHERINGTON, at YorK, Price 2s. 6d.! of whom may be had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. | MDCCLXXV. Collation, contents, typography. As in 61. As before, this is a reissue, with page 66 misnumbered 69 and the revised title page: A® (+ A1).

The London Chronicle of 16 May 1776 contained an advertisement of a new edition, just published, being the sixth, price 2s. 6d. Printed for J. Bell. The Morning Post and Daily Advertiser carried advertisements for this edition in its numbers for 29 December 1777 and 6 January 1778. SLG

104 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 67 Seventh edition. Inferred from the following. I assume that, when found, it will prove to be another reisssue of 61; yet it could be the first issue of a new setting, being Text B. See Introduction, IV.C.

68 Eighth edition. [1778?] 8°, | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World; |BY THE LATE | LORD CHESTERFIELD. |! Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads,| WITH ADDITIONS, | BY THE REVEREND | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER. | PART I. | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentleman! and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Knowledge of | Life, and make him well received in all Companies.| FOR THE| IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH: |! Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [rule]| THE EIGHTH EDITION. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STRAND. | Price 2s. 6d.| Of whom may be

had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. HT] _[rect. of type orn. 23 X 67mm.]| PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [short orn. rule 37mm.]

RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. Collation: demy 8°, A-G* H* ($4 signed —A2 H3, 4), 60 leaves; pp. [4] 7 1 227-v7, 1 2-109 110. Blank: 110. Bound with pt II.

Contents: A1 title page (verso blank), A2 dedication “To Edward Earl Ligonier, Viscount Clonmell, Lieutenant General of His Majesty’s Forces, and Colonel of The Ninth Regiment of Foot,” etc., and subscribed “John Trusler Cobham, Jan. 1, 1778.” (verso blank), 7 advertisement, as in 60.1, 777 contents, 1(= AG) HT and text (Cap. A’), on 109 ‘“FINIS.”, 210 blank.

CW] 16free 32to 48 who GOdoubt, 8026. Smell- 96 with 108 For Typography: 27 lines, 116 (127) X 68mm., 20 lines, 87mm. (D8 p. 54) Typeface is slightly lighter than in the previus editions.

Comment: Text B again, reset, mostly line for line; ocassional shift in lineation or page length. Observed changes in punctuation: page 89, line 6, Low bred (66, Low-bred); 94, 13, that?—You (66, that?” —"“You); 99,19, affair; (66, affair.”’). In part II, the chain lines are turned, indicating cut double-sized paper. Since Edward Ligonier became Leiutenant General in 1777, the January 1778 date of the

dedication is a defensible date for publication. | BM

69 Ninth edition (reissue). [1778?] 8°. 178 X 114mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 68, except:] |THE NINTH EDITION. | [double rule]! LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL. near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STRAND. |

Price 2s. 6d. | Of whom may be had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. Collation, contents, typography: As in 68, of which this is a reissue with new title page: A°(+A1). ~

Items 67 to 72 105 Comment: Bound with part II. Addressed to Young Ladies, fourth edition, 1776. As in 68, chainlines of I are vertical, II are horizontal. Part II: demy 8°. A* B-D* ($4 signed; D4 signed Dd4), 28 leaves; pp. [4] 1 2-48.

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70 Tenth edition (reissue). [1778?] 8°. 201 X 124mm. uncut. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 68, except:] |THE TENTH EDITION. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL, near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STRAND. |

Price 2s. 6d.| Of whom may be had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. Collation, contents, typography. As in 69. This is another reissue. BM

71 Eleventh edition (reissue). [1778?] 8°. 202 X 125mm. uncut. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | [as in 69, except:] | THE ELEVENTH EDITION .| [double rule}! LONDON: | Printed for J. BELL, Near EXETER-EXCHANGE, STRAND. |

Price 2s. 6d.| Of whom may be had the Second Part, Price 1s. 6d. Collation, contents, typography: As in 69, this is the last reissue of this group, making eight altogether for Text B.

Comment: Like 69, this has bound with it part II, fourth edition. . SLG Y(without part II)

72 Philadelphia: Robert Bell. 1778 8°. 200 X 118mm. General titles © MISCELLANIES| FOR! SENTIMENTALISTS: | ContAINING, | I. LIFE of DAVID HUME, written by himfelf.| II. TRAVELS of a PHILOSOPHER, by LE Potvre. | II. PRINCIPLES of POLITENESS, and of KNOWING | the WORLD, by Lord | CHESTERFIELD. | 1V. MAXIMS and MoraL REFLECTIONS, by the | Duke DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULT. | V. TRAVELS of the IMAGINATION; a true Journey | from Newcaftle to London, by J. MURRAY.| VI. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, an Ever- | lafting Deliverance from Britifh Tyranny, by PHI- | LIP F—u [Freneau]| VII. The humble CONFESSION, DECLARATION, RECAN-| TATION, and APOLOGY of BENJAMIN | TOWNE,

Printer in Philadelphia. | [double rule]! PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED and SOLD by ROBERT BELL, in Third-ftreet. | M.DCC.LX XVIII. Title to third part: © PRINCIPLES! OF! POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNowiInc the

Wor pb; | BY THE LATE! LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under dijtinct Heads, with ADDITIONS, | by the Reverend Dr. JOHN TRUSLER:| _ CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentleman and Man of

106 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 | Fafhion, to teach him a Knowledge of Life, and make him well | received in all Companies. | [double rule] | PHILADELPHIA: | Printed and Sold by ROBERT BELL, next Door to! St. Paul’s Church, in Third-Street. | M,DCC,LX XVII. HT] — [double rule]! PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNowING the WoRLD;! ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. RT] PRINCIPLES of POLITENESS, | and KNOWING the WORLD. [POLITENESS. 16,

18. RT varies 50-88] Collation: demy 8° A’ B-L* ($1 signed), 44 leaves; pp. 1-9 10-64 65-66 67-88

Contents: Al half title (verso blank), A2 title (verso blank), 5 advertisement (with Trusler’s name at end), on 5 contents, on 7 “Jewels and Diamonds for Sentimentalifts now on fale at BELL’s Book Store ...” Alphabetical list, “Adventurer” to “Gregory’s Legacy to His Daughters’ —139 items; ““N.B. This alphabetical catalogue will be compleated and given gratis, when the J elect

letters of Lord Chefterfield to his Son are publifhed, for which See the laft page of this pamphlet.”’, 9 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 49 “Some Account of .. . Chesterfield,” on 60 an extract

from his Will, on 62 extract from the Monthly Review of April 1774, 65 “A fhort Account of Philip Stanhope, Efq;”, 66 maxims (by Cardinal de Retz), on 69 Chesterfield’s remarks on them, 71 “Considerations upon the Repeal of the Limitation. ..”, 63 “Axioms in Trade’, 74 Petition (ironic) by Chesterfield, on 75 maxims, by Chesterfield, on 80 letters, on 88 “THE END.” and advertisements of “Select Letters” by Chesterfield, to be published “in a few weeks” (see 123),

and some plays. CW to second columns only = 16 (awk-) ward 22 without 24(unfea-)fonably, 32 but 40 (witti-) cifms 48 (be-) fore 56 (char-) ter- [ter-fchools,] 64 A fhort 72 AXIOMS 80me Variant: 22 (with-) out [without] Typography: 50 lines (49 on some pages), 169 (179) X 95mm. Double columns; width of one column, 45mm., 20 lines, 64mm. (D1 p. 25)

Comment: Text A. Added materials selected from Macfarquhar’s Dublin edition of the Letters 16), or from the Boston and Newburyport edition (18), which probably appeared in June. There is no organic union of the parts, in paging or signatures. The Principles of Politeness could be bought either in the Miscellanies for Sentimentalist (Evans 15,914) or as a completely independent publication (Evans 16,077). A. Evans 15,914

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73 Philadelphia: Aitken. 1781. 12°.128 X 76mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World; | By the late LorD _ CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and dige}ted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction nece ffary to complete the Gentle-| man and Man of Fa} hion, to teach him a Know- | ledge of Life, and make him well received in all! Companies. | For the IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the Attention of any.| [double rule]! PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED AND SOLD by R. AITKEN, AT! Pope’s HEAD, THREE DOORS ABOVE THE | COFFEE HOUSE, MARKET SREET.! M.DCC.LXXXI.

Items 72 to 74 107 HT) [double rule] | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO | EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN .| [rule] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. Collation: pot 12°. A-N° ($3 signed), 78 leaves; pp. ¢-ii7 iv, 5 6-150 151-156

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 777 advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 150 “FINIS.”, 151 index, on 156 orn. 16 X 30 mm.

, CW] 24thn[than} 48the 52[no CW] 72 characters. 90(difa-) agreeable 96 (mut-) tering, 10819[19.] 112[noCW] 117[noCW] 120low 144 (per-) fonal. [fonal,] Typography: 23 lines, 96 (103) X 59mm., 20 lines, 84mm. (B3° p. 17) Comment: Text A. Evans 17,726; Sabin 90,231

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74 Twelfth edition. 1782. 12°.190 X 113mm. uncut. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNOWING THE WORLD. |IIN TWO PARTS.| CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentleman | and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Knowledge of | Life, and make him well received in all Companies. | FOR THE| IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the ATTENTION of any. BY THE REVEREND] Dr. JOHN TRUSLER. | [tapered rule 35mm.)| PART IL. is particularly addre} fed to YOUNG! LADIES. | [rule] { THE TWELFTH EDITION, | WITH ADDITIONS. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for the AUTHOR, and J. BELL, at the BRITISH! LIBRARY, in the STRAND. 1782.

HT] [rect. of type orn. 13 X 74mm.]| PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [tapered rule 35mm.] [Part II: same, except “EVERY YOUNG LADY.”’] RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS 105] Collation: demy 12°. A° B-I° K° (— K6) ($3 signed), 59 leaves; pp. [12] 1 2-77 78-81 82-105 106. Blank: AG” 78 80.

Contents: Al title (verso blank), A2* advertisement, A2°” advertisement to Second Part, A3 contents Part I, A5° contents Part II, AG” blank. 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), 78 blank, 79 section title: “PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS! PART II.! ADDRESSED TO YOUNG LADIES.”, 80 blank, 81 HT and text, Part II (Cap. T*), on 105 “FINIS.’106 advertisements for Trusler’s Chronology and Practical Husbandry.

CW] 12 (peo-) ple 22 Slight (Slight,] 24 conver- [converfation] 361 would 48 idle 57 (de-) grading [grading,] 60 Jubject 72 BEHAVIOUR 84 falfe 96 but Typography: 41 lines, 137 (146) X 74mm., 20 lines, 67mm. (F1* p. 49)

Press figures: _A3°-2 6-5 20-4 36-3 38-3 60-4 62-6 83-3 88-4 103-4 Comment: Text C, with numerous additions to the text. In the Contents, nouns have been replaced by imperatives: “Modesty” becomes “Shew in every thing a Modesty’; “Lying” becomes “Avoid Lying”, and the like. New sections on ‘Behaviour to Superiors” and “On Running in Debt” (pp. 73-77), while good advice, are Trusler, not Chesterfield. Other new

108 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 paragraphs (nineteen) and additions to existing paragraphs (three), also sounding like Trusler, reveal major additions to the text, but existing materials were not revised.

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75 Norwich: Trumbull. 1785. 12°. 130 X 80mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World; | by the late LorD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads. | WITH ADDITIONS. | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING: | Every Inftruction

neceffary to com- | plete the Gentleman and Man| of Fafhion, to teach him a know- | ledge of Life, and make him well | received in all Companies. | For the IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [tapered rule 49mm.]| NORWICH: | PRINTED AND SOLD BY | JOHN TRUMBULL. | M,DCC,LXXXV.

HT] [double rule] | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO |

EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. | [rule] ,

RT] — PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [PRINCIPL ES 82]

Collation: foolscap 12°. A-M° ($1,3 signed), 72 leaves; pp. i-é#7 iv, 5 6-142 143-144. Blank 144.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), /## advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 142 “FINIS.”, 143 “Juft Publfhed and felling at J. Trumbull’s Printing-Office.” list of books for sale, 144 blank.

CW] 12Thefe 24 free 36 [no CW visible in Readex]In(?) 48 and 60(cer-) tainly 61 wrong [wrong,] 72 have 80 admired [admired;] 85 (be-) haviour. [haviour] 84

to 88(noCW] 90(eftima-) tion [tion,] 99 or[one;] 101 rudenefs [rudenefs,] 103 (defpife) likes [you;] 108 company 110athird[athird.] 120 of 123 (fen-) fentence, [tence,] 132 Jaid 134 you [you,}] 135 you [you,] Typography. 25 lines, 105 (115) X 60mm., 20 lines, 84mm. (D3’ p. 41)

Comment: AAs copy (and Readex) lacks p. 143. CW taken from Readex. Evans 19,258; Sabin 90,232

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76 Portsmouth: Melcher & Osborne. 1786. 12°.172 X 105mm. [within a frame 143 X 75mm.]! PRINCIPLES | OF POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNOWING THE WORLD. | By the late LoRD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodij ed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the | GENTLEMAN and MAN OF FASHION; to! teach him a Knowledge of Life, and make | him well received in all Companies. | TO WHICH IS NOW FIRST ANNEXED!A FATHER’S LEGACY | To His DAUGHTERS: | By the late Dr. GREGORY, | OF EDINBURGH. | The whole admirably calculated for the IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH, yet not

beneath | the attention of any. | [double rule] | PORTSMOUTH, New-HAmPsuire: | PRINTED BY MELCHER and OSBORNE. | M,DCC,LXXXVI.

HT] — [triple rule]| PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO| EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

Items 74 to 77 109 second HT] [double rule]| Al FATHER’S LEGACY | TO| HIS DAUGHTERS. RT] — [subject headings] Collation: demy 12°. A-M’ ($3 signed), 72 leaves; pp. 1-7 8-92 93 94-143 144. Blank: 2, 4, 6.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), A2 Introduction to the Portsmouth edition, Portsmouth, Jan. 1786 (verso balnk), A3 advertisement (from Text A), 6 blank, 7 HT and text (Cap. A’), 93 second HT and text (Cap. Y*), on 143 “THE END.” with floral design 28 X 26mm., 144 contents.

CW] 12moft 17 Thus[Thus,] 24 (difguft-) ful [ful,] 36 ‘truly 41 general [general] 48 place G6Ohaving 72 NEVER 84unpolite 96 your 108 conceives. 120 yexes, 132 YOU Typography: 30 lines, 131 (142) X 76mm., 20 lines, 89mm. (F4° p. 68) Comment: Text A.

The frame for the title page is formed of type ornaments to look like twisted rope. John Gregory, M.D. (1724-73), wrote A Father’s Legacy to his Daughters shortly after his wife’s

death in about 1761. The Legacy remained unpublished until after his death. (Gregory, Works [Edinburgh, 1788], I, 25, 33, 71, 79.] The first edition was published by Strahan and Cadell of London and Creech of Edinburgh, publication being advertised in the London Chronicle of 26 March 1774. The second edition was announced on 26 April. Evans 20,003; Sabin 90,234

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77 The Accomplished Gentleman. Philadelphia: Spotswood. 1789. 12°. 152 X 88mm. THE | Accomplifhed Gentleman: |OR, THE! PRINCIPLES or POLITENESS; | EXTRACTED FROM THE LETTERS OF THE LATE EARL | OF CHESTERFIELD, TO HIS SON PHILIP DORMER | STANHOPE, ESQ.!|TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | MORAL MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS, BY THE LATE! DUKE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. TRANSLATED | FROM THE FRENCH; RECOMMENDED BY | THE LATE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. | [tapered rule 33mm.]| PHILADELPHIA. | PRINTED BY WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD. | [short rule of type

orn. 25mm.]|M.DCC.LXXXIX. [stete DORMER] HT] [double rule] | THE! PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS. | [short line of type orn. 46mm. ]

RT] — [page numbers within parentheses, centered] Collation: [12°? see Comment]. A’ B-G®° H® I’ ($3 signed +H4 —12), 48 leaves; pp. [4] 1-43 44-47

48-55 56 57-88 89-92

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), A2 contents (verso blank), 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 43 inverted pyramid of type orn. 12 X 12mm., 44 books for sale, 45 section title: [line of type orn.]

“MORAL REFLECTIONS AND MAXIMS ...”, 46 “Juft Publifhed,” [7 items], 47 HT: [double rule] “A DISCOURSE UPON THE MORAL REFLECTIONS AND MAXIMS.” and text (Cap. W’], 56 "MORAL REFLECTIONS.”, 85 [double rule] “OF SELF-LOVE.”, on 86 “MAXIMS.”, 89 “A TABLE” (of the Moral Reflections), on 92 “FINIS.” No CW. Typography: 48 lines, 130 (138) X 72mm., 20 lines, 55mm. (E3’ p. 41)

110 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 Comment: The format was apparently 12° in 6s, on quarter sheets of double-sized paper, for —gatherings signed B-G; if so, the A’ I’ and H4.5 could have been printed together. The chain lines are vertical.

La Rochefoucauld’s Maxims were first published at the Hague in 1664 and at Paris in the following year; the fifth Paris edition, much enlarged, was published in 1678. Francois VI, duc de la Rochefoucauld, prince de Marcillac, was born in 1613 and died in 1680. Evans 22,157; Sabin 90,235

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78 The New Complete Letter Writer. Philadelphia: Spotswood. 1789. Evans describes a Philadelphia edition: ‘‘The new complete American letter writer; or, the art of correspondence. Containing letters on the most important subjects, viz. business, friendship, love and marriage, courtship, politeness, economy, affection, amusement, duty, advice, religion, &c. Composed by writers eminent for their perspicuity, and elegance of expression. To which are added, the Principles of Politeness extracted from the Letters of the late Lord Chesterfield. Also, Moral Maxims and Reflections, by the late Duke de La Rochefoucauld. With forms of message cards, instructions how to address persons of all ranks in the United States of America, _ France, Spain, Italy, Holland, and Great-Britain. And a copious English spelling dictionary. Philadelphia: Printed by William Spotswood, Front-Street, between Market and Chesnut-Streets. 1789.” [stet Chesnut]

I suspect this to be an earlier edition of 78.2, rather than an altered form of 77. Evans 21,985

78.2 The New Complete Letter Writer. Philadelphia: Spotswood. 1790. 12° (?). 160 X 92mm. THE | NEW COMPLETE! LETTER WRITER:!OR, THE! ART OF CORRESPONDENCE. | CONTAINING | LETTERS on the moft important Subjects, | VIZ.

BUSINESS, COURTSHIP, AMUSEMENT, FRIENDSHIP, POLITENESS, DUTY,

LOVE and ECONOMY, ADVICE,

MARRIAGE, AFFECTION, RELIGION, &c. COMPOSED | By WRITERS eminent for their Perfpicuity and | Elegance of Expre] }ion. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED | THE PRINCIPLES or POLITENESS, | Extracted from the LETTERS of the late LoRD | CHESTERFIELD. | ALSO, | MORAL MAXIMS AND REFLECTIONS,| BY THE LATE DUKE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. | WITH | FORMS OF MESSAGE CARDS, | INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO ADDRESS | PERSONS OF ALL RANKS,!| AND | A COPIOUS ENGLISH SPELLING DICTIONARY. | [tapered rule 44mm.)| PHILADELPHIA. | PRINTED BY WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD, FRONT-STREET. | [short rule of type orn. 22mm.]| M.DCC.XC.

Item 77 to 78.4 111 HT] THE| NEW COMPLETE!LETTER WRITER;! OR, THE! ART OF CORRESPONDENCE. | [rule]

RT] [page numbers centered, within parentheses; in outer corners, 351-352] Collation: [12°(?), see Comment.] A* B-Z°, 2A-2D*° 2E’ 2F-2H® ($3 signed — 2E2), 180 leaves; pp.

1-111 iv—vill, 1 2-247 248-251 252-309 310 311-352. | Contents: Al title (verso blank), 777 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. I’), 205 section heading: “(205)| [double rule] | THE | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS.” | [short line of type orn. 47mm.] and text (Cap. A’), on 247 [inverted pyramid of type orn. 12 X 12mm.], 248 “BOOKS, | Printed and old by WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD, | Philadelphia.” and text, 7 items, 249 section title: [line of type orn.], | “MORAL REFLECTIONS ... DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.” | [line of type orn.], 250 “Juft Publifhed, ...” 7 additional items, 251 section heading: [double rule] | “A | DISCOURSE | UPON THE! MORAL REFLECTIONS | AND | MAXIMS.” and text (Cap. W’), 260 heading:

[double rule] | “MORAL REFLECTIONS....” and text (Cap. W*), 289 [double rule] | "OF

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SELF-LOVE” and text (Cap. S’), on 290 [near bottom] “MAXIMS.”, on 292 [mid-page] [double rule]! “A few [hort and intelligible Forms of Me] fages ...”, on 302 “ABBREVIATIONS” 310 heading: “AN | Englifh Spelling Dictionary.” and text, on 350 heading: [rule]! “The moft ufual Chrif tian NAMES of MEN and| WOMEN.’ | [short line of type orn. 45mm.] and text, on 352 “THE END.” Typography: Signatures B-S (pp. 1-204): 39 lines, 133 (141) X 71mm., 20 lines, 68mm. (E3* p. 41), Signatures T—2H (pp. 205-352): 49 lines, 130 (138) X 72mm., 20 lines, 53mm. (X3* p. 233)

Comment: The format appears to be 12° in 6s on quarter sheets of double-size demy; chain lines are vertical.

In addition to the Principles of Politeness, the text includes five letters from Chesterfield’s Letters to his Son (on pp. 29, 32, 67, 69, 72; numbered 33, 34, 45, 46, and 47). In the spelling list (p. 349) the word yacht is spelled “yatch.” AAS

78.4 The New Complete Letter Writer Philadelphia: Spotswood. 1792. 12°. 167 X 102mm. THE|!NEW COMPLETE! LETTER WRITER: ! OR, THE! ART OF CORRESPONDENCE. | CONTAINING, | LETTERS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECTS, | VIZ. |

BUSINESS, COURTSHIP, AMUSEMENT, , FRIENDSHIP, POLITENESS, DUTY, LOVE AND ECONOMY, ADVICE,

MARRIAGE, AFFECTION, RELIGION, &c.

COMPOSED By WRITERS EMINENT FOR THEIR PERSPI- | CUITY AND ELEGANCE

OF EXPRESSION. |TO WHICH ARE ADDED, |! FORMS or MESSAGE-CARDS, AND | INSTRUCTIONS How TO ADDRESS PERSONS | OF ALL RANKS. | ALSO, | THE PRINCIPLES oF POLITENESS, | EXTRACTED FROM THE LETTERS OF THE LATE LORD | CHESTERFIELD. | THE ECONOMY oF HUMAN LIFE. ! COMPLETE, IN Two Parts. | MORAL MAXIMS AND REFLEXIONS, |! BY THE LATE DUKE DELA

112 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 ROCHEFOUCAULD. | WITH | APHORISMS on MAN, | By the Rev. JOHN CASPER LAV ATER.| AND| A COPIOUS ENGLISH SPELLING-DICTIONARY. | [tapered rule 47mm.]| PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED BY WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD.—1792.

HT] THE NEW COMPLETE! AMERICAN | LETTER WRITER; !OR THE| ART OF CORRESPONDENCE. | [tapered rule 48mm.] HT p. 209] [double rule, light over very heavy bar]! THE! PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS. | [tapered rule 35mm.] RT] — [page numbers centered, within parentheses] Gollation: demy 12°. A‘ B~O® P-U* W‘ X-Y‘* Z’, 2A-2D*® 2E‘ 2F-2G’, 1-8* (8s signed $4 — B4 C4 D4 E4; 4s signed $1; O2 missigned O3), 224 leaves; pp. 7-777 iv—viii, 1 2-376 377-440. 254 misn. 153. Blank: 439-440 (=8-4).

Contents: Al title (verso blank), #4 contents, 1 HT and text (Cap. I’), 199 text, Forms of Messages, 209 HT and text, Principles of Politeness (Cap. A’), 248 section heading: The (Economy of Human Life and text (Cap. B’), 299 section heading: Moral Reflections and text (Cap: W’), 329 section heading: Aphorisms on Man and text (Cap. K’°), 364 section heading: A Coimpéndious Grammar of the English Tongue and text (Cap. G’), 374 “ABBREVIATIONS’, 377 A Eoimplete, though Compendious Spelling Dictionary, 436 Christian names of men and women; 438 “THE END.”, 439-440 blank. Typography: Signatures B-O (pp. 1-208): 42 lines, 143 (151) X 76mm., 20 lines, 68mm. (D3* p. 37). Signatufes P-2D, 1-8 (pp. 209-376 377-438): 54 lines, 143 (151) X 76mm., 20 lines, 53mm. (R1° p. 225)

Comment: The blank final leaf is preserved in the Yale copy. No CW: Yacht is still spelled “‘yatch”. For reimpression of pp. 209-363, see 84.6. The economy of Human Life (1750; title page 1751) was by Robert Dodsley; see Ralph Straus,

Robert Dodsley (London and New York: John Lane, 1910), pp. 170-80; also Roger Coxon, Chesterfield and His Critics (London: Routledge, 1925), p. 220. The original publisher was M. Cooper, not Dodsley, as Coxon states. Lavatér’s Aphorisms on Man seem to have been first published in English, in 1788, having been translated from the original manuscript by Johann Heinrich Fuessli (who in England came to be called Henry Fuseli, the name appearing in the second edition, 1789). There were 633 aphorisms.

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79 Portsmouth: John Melcher. 1789. Evans lists: “Lord Chesterfield’s Principles of Politeness, and of knowing the world. With A Father's Legacy to his Daughters, [by Dr. John Gregory,] annexed. Portsmouth: printed and sold by John Melcher, 1789.” No copy has appeared; but see 76, 1786. Evans 22,159; Sabin 90,238

80 New Haven: Morse. 1789. 12°. 152 X 92mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNOWING THE World; | BY THE LATE! LORD CHESTERFIELD, ! METHODISED AND DIGESTED UNDER DISTINCT |

Items 78.4 to 81.1 113 Heaps, | WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Reverend Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the! Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach | him a Knowledge of Life, and make him well | received in all Companies. | For the IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH;| Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [rule]| NEW-HAVEN: | PRINTED By A. MORSE. | M.DCC.LXXXIX.

HT] (double rule) | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO | EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. [short rule 33mm.] RT] — PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS. [POLITENESS 13 39]

Collation: post 12°. A-M? ($1,3 signed; $3 signed $2), 72 leaves; pp. 7-777 iv, 5 6-144

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), A2 advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 144“FINIS.”

CW] 12LYING. 24For 36twenty 48 AD-[ADDRESS,] 58 them felves. [themfelves,] 60 merit [merit:] 72 As 96that 98 13[13.] 120Infolent 132 (mif-) take.”

Typography: Two sizes of type are used: (a) 24 lines, 111 (123) X 64 mm. 20 lines, 94mm. (B6" p.

23): pp. 12-24, 34-48, 57(last three lines}-69, 73-77, 85-93(except last two lines), 94(last ten lines)-97(except last seven lines), 105-120, 128(last three lines)-136. (4) 27 lines, 111 (123) X 65mm., 20 lines, 83mm. (C3* p. 29): the remainder. Comment: Text A. Evans B6915; Sabin 90,239

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[81] [Bath: Browne. after 1800.] PRINCIPLES | OF! POLITENESS | [etc.] ... THE EIGHTEENTH EDITION. ... BATH:!| PRINTED BY J. BROWNE; AND SOLD BY SOUTER,...| LONDON. Comment: The BM catalogue assigns this edition the date of 1790. For the following reasons, I believe the date should be nearer 1810, but certainly after 1800: 1. Unauthorized editions use only Text A; but this is Text D. 2. The long list of Trusler’s other works (pp. 107-108) would be pointless in an unauthorized edition. 3. The sixteenth edition (91.6) is dated 1800 on the title page; the fifteenth edition, 1790. An authorized eighteenth edition should be dated some years after the sixteenth. __ 4. The sixteenth edition still uses the long } ; this edition does not-a strong but not conclusive sign of printing after 1800.

5. Trusler lived for some years in Bath and published there in 1806 the first part of his autobiography. (See the Gentleman’s Magazine, 90, pt. ii [1820], 89, 120; also the DNB.)

81.1 Thirteenth edition. Inferred from 81.3.

114 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 81.2 Fourteenth edition. Inferred from the following.

81.3 Fifteenth edition. 1790. 12°. 166 X 97mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNOWING THE WORLD. |IN TWO PARTS. | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the Gentleman | and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Knowledge of | Life, and make him well received in all Companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the ATTENTION of any.! BY THE REVEREND | Dr. JOHN TRUSLER. | [tapered rule 47mm.]| PART II. is particularly addre} fed to YOUNG] LADIES. | [rule] |THE FIFTEENTH EDITION, | WITH ADDITIONS. | [double rule]| LONDON. | Printed at the Literary Prefs, No. 62, Wardour-ftreet, | Soho. MDCCXC. HT] [double rule]! PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS, &c.| ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN .| [tapered rule 47mm.] Second HT] PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS. | PART II.| ADDRESSED TO YOUNG LADIES. | [tapered rule 55mm.]

RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. Collation: demy 12°. A-B° C’* D-E° G-K° ($3 signed — A2 K3 +C4, 5), 60 leaves; pp. [12] 1 2-77 78-79 80-103 104-108. 89 misn. 91, 99-100 misn. 101-102. Blank: AG’, 78, 104.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), A2* advertisement, A2° advertisement to Part II, A3* contents to Part I, AS’ contents to Part II, AG” blank, 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), 78 blank, 79 second HT and text (Cap. T’), on 103 “FINIS.”, 104 blank, 105 list of books by Trusler (see Comment)

CW] 12 (peo-) ple; 20 great [great,] 22 Slight [Slight,] 27 opportunity [opportunity,] 33 friend] hip [friendfhip,] 361 would 48 idle 52 dijtant [piftant (d is upside down)] 68 Jubject [fubject,) 72 BEHAVIOUR 76 (con-) dition [dition,] 96 Jeem Typography: 41 lines, 136 (146) X 73mm., 20 lines, 66m. (C4 p. 19)

Comment: Text D; essentially a line-for-line reprint of 74. By omitting the half title to Part II, two pages are saved, but the Table of Contents repeats the earlier one, and all numbers are two digits high.

Signature C is a normal 12°; the remainder are all 6s. There is no F. | In addition to the four pages (105-108) advertising Trusler’s works—including the sixteenth edition of the Principles of Politeness—each of my two copies of the fifteenth edition has bound with it a longer list: In copy one, the list is dated 1790 and fills eleven pages (last page blank); in copy two, it runs to twelve pages. Both advertise the Principles of Politeness, fifteenth edition. SLG (2)

82 Dublin: Walsh. 1790. 8°. 150 X 91mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNOWING THE WORLD; | BY THE LATE|!LORD CHESTERFIELD; | Methodifed and digejted under diftinct Heads. |

Items 81.2 to 82.3 115 WitH ADDITIONS, | By THE REv. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction nece} {ary to complete the Gentleman |and Man of Fafhion, to teach him a Knowledge of | Life, and make him well received in all Companies. | FOR THE | IMPROVEMENT of YOUTH, | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. | [tapered rule 32mm.]! DUBLIN: | Printed by G. WALSH, at the PUBLIC PRINTING- | OFFICE No. 19, CoaL-Quay. | M.DCC.XC.

HT] [double rule]! PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS. &c.!| ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS: 13, 21, 31, 37, 47 Collation: post 8°. A’ B-L* ($2 signed — B2), 42 leaves; pp. 1-4 9 10-88 [=84]

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 3 [=A2*] dedication (of 1 January 1775), 4 [=A2?] advertisement, 9 [=B1*] HT and text (Cap. A*), on 88 “FINIS” (no period).

CW] 4PRINCIPLES 16GOOD[GOOD.] 24In[Now] 27 fuch [Such] 32The 40 Wherever 48 Were 56 excufed,” 64True 70 information [information,] 72 qualification, 8015. There 81 18 There [18. There] Typography. 35 lines, 119 (129) X 76mm., 20 lines, 67mm. (C2* p. 19)

Comment: Text A; see Introduction, IV. C. : Apparently the printer decided to drop the Contents after he had printed the beginning of the text on page 9; the CW at 4, “PRINCIPLES”, reveals that pages 5-8 were gone by the time the

preliminary material was printed. : Bodl

82.3. Dublin: Wogan. 1790. 18°. 139 X 88mm. THE! Accomplifhed Gentleman; | OR, | PRINCIPLES or POLITENESS, | And of Knowing the World.| CONTAINING, | Every Inftruction to complete the GENTLEMAN | and MAN of FASHION, to teach him a | KNOWLEDGE of LIFE, and make

him well | received in all CoMPANIES. | TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED, | The Economy of Human Life.|YN FOUR BOOKS. | Tranflated from an Indian Manuf cript, written | by an Ancient BRAMIN. | [rule] | By PHILIP STANHOPE, Earl of Chefterfield. | [double rule, light rule above heavy bar]! DUBLIN: ! Printed by P. WoGan, No. 23, OLD-BRIDGE’ [centered period] | [tapered rule 39mm.]| M.DCC.XC. HT] [triple rule, heavy bar between two light rules]! PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN .| [tapered rule 34mm. | RT] PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS. [PO LITENESS. 17; POLITENESS 53] after p. 90: RT] [page numbers within parentheses] Collation: demy 18°." A* A-H'" 1” K? (12s signed $5, 6s signed $3, —™A3 K2). 90 leaves; pp. t-v vi-vil vizz 9 10-90 91-92 93-179 180 Page numbers from 93 within parentheses, centered. (133) misn.( 3. Blank: zz, 8, 92, 180. Contents. “A1 title (verso blank), 777 dedication: “TO |The YOUTH, ! LADIES anp

GENTLEMEN, | OF THE | Kingdom of IRELAND.”, on iv subscribed: “P. WOGAN.” v contents, vi#/ blank, 9 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 90 “THE END.”, 91 section title: [double rule,

116 _ A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 bar above] | “THE! OECONOMY | OF! HUMAN LIFE, |IN FOUR BOOKS. | TRANSLATED FROM AN|INDIAN MANUSCRIPT. | Written by an ancient BRAMIN.” | [double rule, bar below], 92 blank, 93 “INTRODUCTION.” and text (Cap. B’), on 179 “FINIS.”, 180 blank.

CW] 32good 44 for 48 whe e [where] 55 A man[A man’s] 68 for 80perfon 104 Are 110 [no CW] 116 A wicked 132 [no CW] 140 the 141 feelings; [feeling;] 152 more 176 CHAP. [CHAPTER] 177 This [Think] Typography: 33 lines, 110 (119) X 62mm., 20 lines, 66mm. (C3* p. 49) SLG

83 Boston: Folsom. 1791. 18°. 147 X 82mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNOWING THE WORLD. | By the late LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING | Every Inf truction neceffary to complete the | GENTLEMAN and MAN OF FASHION. | TO WHICH IS ADDED, | A FATHER’s LEGACY | To nis DAUGHTERS: | By the late Dr. GREGORY | of Edinburgh. | ALSO, | THOUGHTS On FEMALE! EDUCATION: | By BENJAMIN RUSH, M.D.| The whole admirably calculated for the IM- | PROVEMENT of YOUTH. | [double rule]! BOSTON: | Printed and Sold by JOHN W. FOLSOM. | Sold also by Daniel Brewer of Taunton. |M,DCC,XCI.

HT] [floral orn. 11 X 62mm.]| PRINCIPLES | OF! POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! Every YOUNG GENTLEMAN .| (orn. rule] RT] — [subject headings] Collation: demy 18°. A-H° I? ($1,3 signed; $3 signed $2), 52 leaves; pp. 1-3 4 5 6-102 103-104. Blank: 2, 103-104.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 3 advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’), on 102 “FINIS.”, 103-104 blank.

CW] 12‘of 24that 36you 48 }miles GOlaugh. 72time 83 refpected [refpected,] 84 (appear-) ance, 91 ‘advifed [‘advifed.’] 96 (mim-) ick; Typography. 31 lines, 116 (126) X 63mm., 20 lines, 75mm. (B3* p. 17)

Comment: Text A. The AAS copy ts bound with Gregory, “A Father’s Legacy,’ 1791, and Benjamin Rush, “Thoughts upon Female Education,” 1791; there is a note on the inside cover: “Do not break up this volume. The 3 parts were issued together.” But the signatures and pagination are independent. Evans 23,790; Sabin 90,240

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84 Worcester: I. Thomas. 1792. 18°? 128 X 77mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the World: | By the date LORD CHESTERFIELD. ! WITH | ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER. |

CONTAINING | Every Inftruction neceffary to complete the | Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach him! a Knowledge of Life, and make him well | received in all

Items 82.3 to 84.4 117 companies. | FOR THE| IMPROVEMENT oF YOUTH: | YET NOT BENEATH THE ATTENTION OF ANY. | [double rule]! PRINTED at WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, | By ISAIAH THOMAS & LEONARD WORCESTER, | for ISAIAH

THOMAS. | Sold at his Bookftore in WORCESTER, and by | f aid THOMAS, and ANDREWS, in BOSTON. | [short double rule 15mm.]| MDCCXCII.

HT] [rect. of type orn.6 X 51mm.]! PRINCIPLES | OF! POLITENESS, &c. | [short line of type orn. 25mm. ] RT] PRINCIPLES oF | POLITENESS. [POLITENESS. 144 (verso)] Collation: demy 18° A-P® Q* ($1,3 signed; $3 signed $2; —‘'Q2’). 94 leaves; pp. i-ii iii-iv, 5 _ 6-188

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), iti advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A within square’ of type orn. 18 X 18mm.), on 188 “FINIS.” within wreath 25 X 81mm.

CW] 7[noCW] 12have 24exceed 36he [tucks] 48 not G6O0the 72fome 83

éHow (upside down?) 84fhould 96as 108 LAUGHTER. 1200Of 132 , bafhfulnefs 144 (En-) gland,, 150 ¢Where’s 156In 168 others 180

they Variant: 131 Dr [Dr.] Typography. 23 lines, 95 (105) X 54mm., 20 lines, 82mm. (‘C2*’ [C3] p. 29)

Comment: Question marks are used in the Spanish style, e.g., gIs it? Evans 24,813; Sabin 90,241

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[84.2] [London: Osborne, et al. 1792.] LORD CHESTERFIELD’s | PRINCIPLES oF POLITENESS, |...| LONDON: |... W.

OSBORNE, T. GRIFFIN, AND J. M. MOZLEY AND CO. ...| MDCCXCII. | Comment: Despite the title, this is Lord Chesterfield’s Advice; see 105.6.

84.4 Dublin: Moore. 1792. 18°. 140 X 82mm.

I. III.

THE! YOUNG GENTLEMAN’s| POCKET LIBRARY, !OR,| PARENTAL MONITOR; | CONTAINING, |

LORD DUKE DELA

CHESTERFIELD’s ROCHEFOUCAULD’S PRINCIPLES OF POLITE- MORAL REFLECTIONS

NESS. AND MAXIMS. IV.

II. Dr. PERCIVAL’S

THE CECONOMY OF Hu- FATHER’S INSTRUCTI-

MAN LIFE ONS, WITH GAY’S FABLES.

118 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 | [double rule, heavy bar above]! [dash] DUBLIN: [dash] | Printed by J. MOORE, No. 45, COLLEGE-GREEN. | [short rule 9mm.]| 1792.

Section title (m2): PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | KNOWING THE

WORLD.| BY THE LATE! LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under diftinct | HEADS.! WITH ADDITIONS,! BY THE REV.! Dr. JOHN TRUSLER:| CONTAINING | Every inftruction neceff{ ary to complete the | Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach| him a Knowledge of Life, and make him | well received in all Companies. | FOR THE! IMPROVEMENT or YOUTH; | Yet not beneath the Attention of any. HT] [double rule, heavy bar above] | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO!|EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. RT] PRINCIPLES OF! POLITENESS §[pp. 2-89] OECONOMY oF LIFE. | OECONOMY oF LIFE. [pp. *3-50 ’2-86] MORAL REFLECTIONS. | MORAL

REFLECTIONS. _[pp. *22-93] [etc., for pp. 94-183] , Collation: demy 18°. x? A-Z'”/°, 2A‘ (12s signed $5 —A3,5 E3 N4 R4 X4 Z2 [Z3 missigned Z2]; 6s signed $3 — B3 H3 K3 + M4 [missigned M3}]), 216 leaves; pp [4] 1 2-89 90; *é-di7 iv v vi-vii viil-ix X—-xiil xiv, 1 2-50; *#-777 iv, 1 2-63 64-66 67-86; i-iii iv-xx, 21 22-93 94 95-97 98-99 100-102 103 104-148 149 150-183 184. 53 misn. 35. Blank: 41°, 32°, 90; 7#i, viii, xiv; ii, 64, 66; “ii, 98, 184.

Contents: w1 title (verso blank), 72 section title, Principles of Politeness (verso blank), 7 HT and

text (Cap. A’), 90 blank; */ section title, The OEconomy of Human Life (verso blank), #7 advertisement to the public, v letter: “To the Earl of -----”, vzzz blank, zx second letter, x7v blank, 1 “INTRODUCTION.” and text (Cap. B’); */ section title, The OEconomy of Human Life, Part

, II (verso blank), 77/ letter to the Earl of ----, 1 HT and text (Cap. W’), on 63 “FINIS.” and signature N3, 64 blank, 65 section title, “Appendix ... in a letter to the Earl of Chesterfield.”, 66 blank, 67 Introduction and text (Cap. H’), on 86 “FINIS.”; ‘7 section title, Moral Reflections and Maxims, #7 blank, 777 HT, A Discourse upon the Moral Reflections and Maxims and text (Cap. W’), on xx [complimentary close], 21 text, 94 “OF SELF-LOVE.”, 98 blank, 99 text, Maxims,

103 text, [Percival’s] Moral Tales, 149 text, [Gay's] Fables, on 183 “FINIS.”, 184 blank. , CW] 7(more) daf-[tardly,] 24 ELEGANCE 60 (be-)fides “ix unintelligible; [‘“unintelligible;] 26 [no CW] °46 HAP-[CHAPTER] “xix [no CW] 137[noCW] 161 A Barley- [A barley-mow] Typography: 33 lines, 110 (121) X 63mm., 20 lines, 67mm. (C5* p. 45)

Comment: Text A. Despite the cumbersome pagination—in four series—the signatures show that the entire volume was printed as a unit: i is on E10, *i on I6, and “i on O3.

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84.6 Philadelphia: Spotswood. 1792. 12°. 157 X 92mm. THE | PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS. | EXTRACTED | FROM THE LETTERS OF THE LATE LORD! CHESTERFIELD. |TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | THE! OECONOMY oF HUMAN LIFE.| COMPLETE, IN TWO PARTS.| MORAL MAXIMS AND REFLEXIONS,! BY | THE LATE DUKE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD. | AND | APHORISMS on MAN.|! BY | THE REVEREND JOHN CASPER LAV ATER, | CITIZEN OF ZURIC. | [tapered rule 43mm.]|

Items 84.4 to 85 119 PHILADELPHIA: | PRINTED BY WILLIAM SPOTSWOOD.—1792. HT] = (1) [double rule]| THE! PRINCIPLES | OF! POLITENESS. | [tapered rule 35mm. |

RT] [page numbers centered within parentheses] Collation: post 12°. Al B-O* ($2 signed; G2 n issigned G3), 79 leaves; pp. [2] (1) 2-155 156. Blank: 156.

Contents: A1 title (verso blank), 1 HT and text (Cap. A’), 40 heading: [double rule] | “THE | OECONOMY OF HUMAN LIFE. | Complete, in Two Parts.” | {tapered rule 35mm.] and text (Cap. B’),

on 61 “THIS IS THE TRUE! Oeconomy of Human Life.”, 62 heading: [double rule] | “THE | OECONOMY OF HUMAN LirE.| PART SECOND.” [tapered rule 28mm.] and text (Cap W’), on 90

“THIS IS THE COMPLETE | Oeconomy of Human Life.”, 91 heading: [double rule] | “MORAL REFLECTIONS. | BY THE! DUKE DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.” and text (Cap. W*), 121

heading: [double rule]| *APHORISMS ON MAN. | BY | The Rev. JOHN CASPER LAVATER.” and text (Cap. K*), on 155 “FINIS.”, 156 blank. No CW. Typography: 54 lines (varies 51-54), 143 (150) X 75mm., 20 lines, 53mm. (C3* p. 17)

Comment. Text A. Despite new page numbers (pp. 1-155) and new signatures (by 6s instead of As), this is a reimpression of 78.4, pp. 209-363, with negligible changes of lineation. Evans B 7954 (Supplement) Princeton

85 New London: Green. 1793. 12°. 136 X 75mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF | Knowing the WorLD; | By the late LORD CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digejted under diftinct Heads.| WITH ADDITIONS, | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER: | CONTAINING, | Every Inftruction

nece]fary to complete the | Gentleman and Man of Fafhion, to teach| him a Knowledge of Life, and make him | well received in all Companies. | FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH; | YET NOT BENEATH THE ATTENTION OF ANY. |! [tapered rule 47mm.]! NEW-LONDON: | Printed by SAMUEL GREEN, for THOMAS | C. GREEN. | [short double rule 14mm.]|M.DCC.XCIII.

HT] [row of type orn. 10 X 60mm.]| PRINCIPLES | OF! POLITENESS, &c. | ADDRESSED TO! EVERY YOUNG GENTLEMAN. [short line of 9 type orn. 25mm. | RT] — PRINCIPLES OF | POLITENESS.

Collation: foolscap 12°. A* B’ C-L® ($1,3 signed; $3 signed $2), 60 leaves; pp. 7-dii iv, 5 6-118 119-120. Blank: 119-120. Contents: A title (verso blank), i#7 advertisement, 5 HT and text (Cap. A’® standing on first line),

on 118 “FINIS.” and inverted pyramid of type orn. 16 X 11mm., 119-120 blank.

CW] 8 part 10my|[my,] 12end, 24the 36that 48that G6Oalmoft 72 “it 84 weakne}Jes 89 book [book,] 96 A certain 108 {tamp, Typography: 28 lines, 109 (119) X 61mm., 20 lines, 79mm. (D1? p. 25)

120 A Chesterfield Bibliography to 1800 Comment. Chain lines horizontal, except in signatures F and H, where they are vertical. No watermark. Paper browned, chain lines not easily visible. Evans 26,202; Sabin 90,242

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86 Boston: For the Booksellers. 1794. 8°. 151 X 92mm. PRINCIPLES | OF | POLITENESS, | AND OF! KNOWING THE WORLD. | By the late Lord CHESTERFIELD. | Methodifed and digefted under dif tinct Heads, | WITH ADDITIONS | By the Rev. Dr. JOHN TRUSLER. | CONTAINING | Every Inftruction necef {ary to complete the GENTLEMAN | and MAN OF FASHION; to teach him a

Knowledge | of Life, and make him well received in all Companies.| TO WHICH IS ANNEXED |