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ID	14461
Title	Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. By Mrs. Chapone. To which is added, The life of the author, and her Celebrated History of Fidelia; with A father's advice to an only daughter immediately after marriage. In two volumes.
Contributors	Chapone, Hester Mulso (Author)
Signed Author	By Mrs. Chapone
Pseudonym
Firms	William D. Bell (Printer) Gabriel Nourse (Publisher)
Self-published	No
Volumes	2
Pagination	v, 310
Date of Publication	1819
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Date of First Publication	1773
Imprint	Printed by William D. Bell for Gabriel Norse.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing	Hagerstown US

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Length (cm)	18
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Genre	Education
Sources	Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008882083 American Antiquarian Society: 294090 America's Historical Imprints II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819: 43579 America's Historical Imprints II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819: 47566
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Notes	Title indicates two volumes, but this edition publishes them together; pagination continuous. AAS Notes: Running title: Mrs. Chapone's letters. Dedicated to Elizabeth Montagu. Vol. 2 dated 1818. Paged continuously. Vol. 1: v, [2], 8-123, [1] p.; v. 2: [3] ,128-310 p. Last page v. 1 blank. Errors in paging: number 217 omitted; number 229 repeated. "Life of Mrs. Chapone."--p. [259]-273. "History of Fidelia."--p. [275]-303. "A letter of advice, from a father to his only daughter, immediately after her marriage."--p. [304]-310. Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, Upgraded American Antiquarian Society copy 1 inscribed: Marsh. American Antiquarian Society copy 2 has added title page in vol. 1, "Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. [Seven lines from Addison]. In two volumes. By Mrs. Chapone. Vol. I. Hagers-town, 1818" (not described in Shaw), and [6] p. at the end of v. 2 containing two different subscribers' lists. Inscribed: Isabella L. Gray.
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Chapone, Hester Mulso. Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. By Mrs. Chapone. To which is added, The life of the author, and her Celebrated History of Fidelia; with A father's advice to an only daughter immediately after marriage. In two volumes.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 14461, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/14461. Accessed 2024-12-23.

Chapone , H.M. (1819). Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. by mrs. chapone. to which is added, the life of the author, and her celebrated history of fidelia; with a father's advice to an only daughter immediately after marriage. in two volumes. Hagerstown: Gabriel Nourse.

Chapone, Hester M. Letters on the improvement of the mind, addressed to a young lady. By Mrs. Chapone. To which is added, The life of the author, and her Celebrated History of Fidelia; with A father's advice to an only daughter immediately after marriage. In two volumes. Hagerstown: Gabriel Nourse, 1819.

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