Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. In two volumes. By Mrs. Chapone.

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Title Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. In two volumes. By Mrs. Chapone.
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Signed Author By Mrs. Chapone.
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Volumes 2
Pagination 259
Date of Publication 1815
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Date of First Publication 1773
Imprint Printed by William D. Bell for Gabriel Nourse.
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Location of Printing Hagerstown US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
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Notes Pagination continuous, both volumes published together; volume 1 ends on page 123.
AAS Notes:
Running title: Mrs. Chapone's letters.
Dedicated to Elizabeth Montagu.
Vol. 1: v, [2], 8-123, [1] p.; v. 2: [3], 128-259, [1] p. Last page of v. 1-2 blank.
Some copies have "Life of Mrs. Chapone," 12 p., bound between p. [vi] and [7] in v. 1. Other copies have "A list of subscribers' names," 12 p., and "Additional list of subscribers," p. [13]-16, at the end of v. 2.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
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American Antiquarian Society copy 1 includes the subscribers' lists at the end of v. 2
American Antiquarian Society copy 2 includes the "Life of Mrs. Chapone" in v. 1. Pages 71-72 mutilated. The gift of Charles Henry Taylor, 1926. Inscribed: Sam. S. Jelly, 1827; Sam. S. Jelly, 1857.
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Chapone, Hester Mulso. Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. In two volumes. By Mrs. Chapone.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 14460, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/14460. Accessed 2024-04-27. 

@book{ wphp_14460
  author={Chapone,Hester Mulso},
  year={1815},
  title={Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. In two volumes. By Mrs. Chapone.},
  publisher={Gabriel Nourse},
  address={Hagerstown},    }

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