first edition
1777 · London
by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of
London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. vii, [1], 342, [2], 293, [2]; [6], 587; copper engraved frontispieces, 6 portrait plates; recent calf-backed marbled boards, brown gilt morocco spine labels; recent owner has taped typescript note and magazine clipping to vol. I front free endpaper, very occasional ballpoint pen underlining; vol. II half title, frontispiece, and title page fore-edges paper repaired; in all a very good set. ESTC T81038.
(Inventory #: 45321)