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, now residing in China, to the Earl of E****.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dodsley, Robert, 1704-1764
Other Authors:	Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773 (supposed author.), Rickaby, Thomas, -1802 (Printer), Gardiner, W. N. (William Nelson), 1766-1814 (Engraver), Harding, Sylvester, 1745-1809 (Illustrator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Printed by T. Rickaby, for E. Harding, Pall-Mall, 1798.
Subjects:	Conduct of life. Maxims. Aphorisms and apothegms. Morale pratique. Maximes. Aphorismes et apophtegmes. ethics (philosophical concept) aphorisms. 1701-1800 stipple engravings (prints)

Description
Item Description:	Authorship also has been attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield, cf. Notes and queries, 1st ser., v. 10. Part one only. Stipple engravings on same pages as letterpress; many signed by Gardiner, sc. after Harding, del.; dated May, 1795 by E & S Harding. Publisher's advertisements: pages [117]-120. Letter to the Earl dated 1749. Includes prefatory Advertisement to the public; table of contents. Cf. Rosenbach, A.S.W. Children's books, 416. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:	22 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 120 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm