Letters to his son

"Set in 11-point monotype Baskerville with Old Face Open for display and printed in brown and black by W. and J. Mackay. Twelve wood-engraved head-and-shoulder portraits by Shirley Smith [Bain nos. 217-228], printed in pairs, in brown. Each is used twice, in a different combination, so there are twenty-four pairs in all."--Moss.
Title after author's name and before editor's and engraver's name
Publisher's statement before place of publication and date
"The portrait frontispiece is from a painting of Phillip Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield, by W. Hoare circa 1743 and is reproduced by courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London."--P. 4
"The handwriting in Letters 39 and 43 is reproduced from the first edition (London, 1774) by kind permission of the Trustees of the British Museum."--P. 4
Moss, R.W. Richard Shirley Smith, 95
Bain, I. Wood engravings of Richard Shirley Smith, 217-228
Includes biographical index after text
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original black buckram with Cockerell marbled paper boards, by W. and J. Mackay. In original slip case.
BAC: From the Roger W. Moss Collection of manuscript, original art and printed material by and about Richard Shirley Smith.