CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773). Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield to his Son, Philip Stanhope Esq. London: J. Dodsley, 1774. 2 volumes, 4° (290 x 230mm). 2 half-titles, engraved portrait of the author by Vitalba, woodcut culs-de-lampe (off-setting on to title, some staining, pencil marks on some pages, text block cracked at p.345, some leaves lightly browned). Contemporary speckled calf, gilt border, spine gilt, red and green lettering-pieces (joints, headcaps and corners repaired). Provenance: armorial bookplate showing two lions with the motto 'Virtus mille scuta', over another bookplate. FIRST EDITION, with the first state of H4r, vol. I, p.55, line 16 with the misprint 'quia uroit'. Rothschild 596; ESTC T-136181. (2)