[Letters], [1655-1712].

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[Letters], [1655-1712].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702174789

Chesterfield's letters and an autobiographical fragment were published in 1835. Some letters transcribed in this manuscript were not printed then. The manuscript also includes "A Catalogue of some Friends & acquaintance of mine who killed themselves" and "Some short notes for my remembrance of things and Accidents as they yearly happened to me."

2 vols. (178 and 130 f.) ; 20 x 15 cm.

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