Description:
- This is a book about worldly lessons and parenting, culled from the letters Milord Chesterfield wrote to his son Stanhope when he was being educated.
- A collection of lessons on parenting, focusing on everything from friendships, pleasures, economics and bad habits.
- They make a total of 24 lessons.
Parts of Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Waterproof paper cover. Title page. Preliminary. Table. First lesson. Table of contents. Water paper endpapers.
Book Description:
- Sewn binding of good execution, with guillotined cuts, from the First Half of the 19th Century.
- Text in single-colour black printing, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper of medium thickness and good quality.
- Spanish hard covers.
- Stamped on spine: 'Lecciones de mundo y crianza'. Gilt ironwork on spine.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in good condition.
- Guillotined cuts, no soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The book has some rust spots, without affecting the text.
- Leaf 167-168 has a torn corner.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as attacks by insects, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it's age.
Comments:
- Both the Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- In order to take the photos of the inside pages, they have been held with tweezers.
- Very interesting book as a collector's item and curiosity.
- The tones of the colours of the photos are not exactly the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted
4456 - BOOK LESSONS OF THE WORLD AND BREEDING. 1831