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Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady

Title: Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady / by Mrs. Chapone. And A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory.
Author: Chapone, Mrs. (Hester), 1727-1801.
Publication: London : Printed by Brettell and Co. ... for J. Walker; J. Johnson [and nineteen others], 1808.

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Description

xvii, [3], 170 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill.; 14 cm. (12mo)

Subjects

Note

Illustrations: Extra engraved title page; engraved frontispiece. Both by Cook, after Uwins.

Access (note)

Source (note)

Call Number

Pforz (Chapone, H. Letters on the improvement of the mind. 1808)

Author

Chapone, Mrs. (Hester), 1727-1801.

Title

Letters on the improvement of the mind : addressed to a lady / by Mrs. Chapone. And A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory.

Imprint

London : Printed by Brettell and Co. ... for J. Walker; J. Johnson [and nineteen others], 1808.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local Note

Provenance: Helen Thea Spencer [?] (signature on preliminary leaf).

Binding: Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, gilt.

Source

01-0246

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Added Author

Gregory, John, 1724-1773. Father's legacy to his daughters.

Walker, John, active 1781-1817. Publisher

Johnson, Joseph, 1738-1809. Publisher

Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857. Artist

Cook, Henry R. Engraver

Research Call Number

Pforz (Chapone, H. Letters on the improvement of the mind. 1808)