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The oeconomy of human life. / Translated from an Indian manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. ; To which is prefixed, an account of the manner in which the said manuscript was discovered ; in a letter from an English gentleman residing in China, to the Earl of*******.

Author
Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
Uniform Title
Economy of human life
Published
Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Johnson, for B. &. J. Johnson, no. 147 High-Street, 1799.
Physical Description
viii, 104 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 15 cm (18mo)
Additional Creators
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Hill, John, 1714?-1775, Johnson, Robert, Zinman, Michael, and B. & J. Johnson (Firm)
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Not in Evans or Bristol.
"The oeconomy of human life. Part the second. ..." is on p. [51]-104 and has individual title page.
Published in England as: The economy of human life.
Generally attributed to Robert Dodsley. The Dictionary of national biography attributes Part I to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, and Part II to John Hill.
Library Company copy from the Michael Zinman Binding Collection; wanting p. 9-12 and all after p. 102; inscribed (in pencil): Mary Dorland; Zinman copy also with ownership inscriptions: Phebe Osborn's book given her by [illegible] 1803; and another: Phebe Osborn's book 1803 He that borroweth this book ...; Zinman copy wrapped in a contemporary hand made calico chemise; includes a prospectus for "Encyclopaedie der neuern deutschen classiker" laid in.
NEH-Readex: not in Readex; not at AAS.
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