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[005262] Chapone, Mrs. [Hester] Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. Addressed to a Young Lady. Wellington: Houlston and Son, 1809. First Thus. 16mo. Hardback. Good. [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-170pp. Contemporary full morocco, smooth back divided into six panels by gilt rules, title lettered direct to second panel, single line gilt border to covers, single gilt line to board edges, and gilt rope roll to inner edges, a.e.g. spot pattern marbled endpapers

Rubbed to extremities, corners bumped. Internally lightly browned, with occasional small marks of soiling and a few small spots of foxing, but nothing intolerable

The printer was Houlston and Son (fl. 1804-1839) of Wellington (Shropshire), see BBTI

A provincially printed edition of Chapone’s often reprinted epistolary advice to her niece

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