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A Fashionable Caricature or the Proverbs of Our Ancestors, Prophetically Descriptive of the Most Distinguished Personages in the Present Age of the Court, the Senate, the Army, the Navy, the Bar, the City, and the Theatres
by Thiselton, William Matthew
[London]: Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. [Date at end of 'Advertisement', second leaf after title-page, Feb. 5, 1792.] Mottled brown calf with quarterbound in recently rebacked tan calf. Black leather spine-label. Marbled brown endpapers. Frontispiece, [62] unnumbered pages. 18mo Bound in 6s. Two bookplates of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Rubbing and chafing to boards, edges. Tips in green. Corners...
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A$975.63
Gold-Foil, Hammered From Popular Proverbs
by Titcomb, Timothy
London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Orig. brown publisher's cloth, beveled edges. A.E.G. 319 pp. Chafed to extremities. Foxing to front matter. Very good+.
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A$74.61
![Refranes o Proverbios Españoles traduzidos en lengua Francesa. Proverbes Espagnols traduites en François. [Part 2:] GARAY, Blasco de. Cartas en Refranes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/987/862/1562862987.0.b.jpg)
Refranes o Proverbios Españoles traduzidos en lengua Francesa. Proverbes Espagnols traduites en François. [Part 2:] GARAY, Blasco de. Cartas en Refranes
by OUDIN, César (ca. 1560-1625)
Lyon: Pierre Rigaud, 1614. 12mo (132 x 70 mm). [2], 376 pages (last 3 blank leaves removed). 2 parts, separately titled but continuously signed and paginated. Spanish text in roman types, French translation in italic. Pagination errors, signatures with crooked sorts on h4r and h6r. Woodcut printer's device on general title, a metalcut headpiece, woodcut initials. Upper margins cut close, shaving a couple of headlines. 19th-century brown morocco, bound for William Stirling Maxwell, with two different...
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A$3,081.20
Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet : Women in Proverbs from Around the World
by Schipper, Mineke
New Haven & London: Yale University Press. 2003. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. x, 422 pages. Part cross-cultural study, part literary criticism, and part anthology. The author anyalyses the similarities, differences, and contradictions in cultural norms about gender expressed in thousands of proverbs from over 150 countries. Organised by categories and includes endnotes and index....
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A$25.00
Dictionary Of Proverbs And Their Origins
by Flavell, Linda and Roger
London: Kyle Cathie Limited. 1997. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good + condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 273 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.
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A$15.00
Scots Saws From the Folk-Wisdom of Scotland
by Murison, David
Edinburgh: James Thin / The Mercat Press,. Hardback. 92pp. Delightful book of Scots' proverbs which contain all the wit, folk wisdom and inherent contradictions you would expect. A-Z compendium plus highly readable introduction, a note on informal expressions of greeting, and a short collection of English sayings with their equivalent in Scots. Dust wrapper is very lightly sunned to edges and has a few finger marks to orange areas. Very slightly bumped to top of spine. Dust wrapper is lightly...
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A$14.74
Proverbi, Tradizioni Ed Annedoti Delle Valli Ladine Orientali Con Versione Italiana
by Alton, Giovanni
Innsbruck: Stemperia e Liberia Accademica Wagner, 1881. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. "Proverbs, Traditions And Anecdotes Of The Eastern Ladin Valleys With Italian Version." Orig. wrappers, 146pp, (2)ads. Pages 131-142 are LACKING. Bookplate of United Nations Col. De Guinzbourg, a noted collector of proverbs and linguistics. Light foxing, a small green stamp on title page. Wrappers soiled, with tape on upper spine. Spine cracked, rear cover detached but o/w a good copy.
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A$143.48
![Refranes o Proverbios en Romance. [Part 2:] MAL LARA, Juan de (1524-1571). La Filosofia Vulgar](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/981/862/1562862981.0.b.jpg)
Refranes o Proverbios en Romance. [Part 2:] MAL LARA, Juan de (1524-1571). La Filosofia Vulgar
by NUÑEZ DE GUZMAN, Hernán (1474?-1553)
Madrid: por Juan de la Cuesta, a costa de Miguel Martinez, 1619. 4to (212 x 147 mm). [4], 399 leaves. 2 parts, separately titled but continuously signed and foliated. Printer's woodcut device on titles. Double column, woodcut head-piece, tail-piece, and initials. Underlining in pink and blue pencil in second part; scattered foxing, occasional marginal staining or soiling, a couple of short marginal tears due to paper flaws (M3, V1). Contemporary parchment, title ink-lettered on spine, evidence of two...
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A$2,370.15
A Dictionary of The Proverbs in England In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century. A Collection of the Proverbs Found in English Literature and The Dictionaries of The Period
by Tilley, Morris Palmer
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo (imperial). Full maroon cloth, gold lettering. xiii, 854 pp. Fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, a few tears to edges, some light staining to spine. The great English authors of the period 1500-1700 made copious use of proverbs, native and imported, by direct quotation and by allusion, and their full meaning cannot be readily grasped without recognition of the proverbial phrases that they had in mind. The...
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A$573.90
El Espiritu De Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra o La Filosofia De Este Grande Ingenio. Presentada en Máximas, Reflexiones, Moralidades y Agudezas de Todas Especies y Sobre Todos los Asuntos más Importantes de la Vida Civil..
by Cervantes, Miguel De; Arrieta, D. Augustin Garcia
Madrid: Jose Del Ojo Gomez, 1885. Hardcover. Fine. 32mo. New Edition. Text in Spanish. Quarter bound marbled green leather over green buckram boards. Title in gilt on red spine label. Top edge in red, with red marbled endpapers. Ejemplar num. 198 p.p. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Owner inscription on half-title. Some trimming to bottom pages. The bottom right tip of p. 69 clipped, but text unaffected. Head and tail of spine lightly worn, with light wear to...
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A$1,147.80
1200 Russian Proverbs
by Langnas, Isaac A
New York: Philisophical Library, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 91 p.p. Paper Boards. Scratching to corners and ends of dust-jacket. Small tears to corners of dust-jacket as well. Bumping to extremities of boards. Inscription to rear endpaper. Bookplate by C.B. Farrar to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, a fine copy of book.
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A$28.69
Phaedri Fabulae, et Publii Syri Sentiae
by Phaedrus, Gaius Julius; Syrus Publilius
Paris: Ex Typographia Regia, 1729. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 18mo. Red Morocco binding decoratively tooled with gilt. A.E.G. with sewn silk bookmark [4] 86 p.p. Includes engraved frontispiece. Separate half-title for Syrus [his work starts on p. 75] continuous pagination. From the library of [Victor] Leon Rattier [1824-1902], his red and gilt seal stamped on verso of front free endpaper. Rattier was made Chevalier in 1861, upon receiving the Legion d'honneur, the highest award for military and or...
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Sprüchwörterbuch in Sechs Sprachen, Deutsch, Englische, Latein, Italienisch, Französisch und Ungerisch
by Von Gaal Georg
Wien: Friedrich Volke, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Contemporary leather backed boards, inscribed "from the author". 324pp, 1808 entries, a few marginal notes in pencil. Scarce. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's book-plate inside front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; proverbs; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 045935.
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A$316.02
Le Sentenze Di Publilio Siro Volgarizzate
by Canal, Pietro
Padova: Stabilimento Tip, 1871. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Orig. wrappers, 58pp. Wrappers disbound, with some unopened pages. From the library of United Nations Col. De Guinzbourg, a noted collector of proverbs. Embossed ex-library stamp on upper front cover, but still a very good copy. A collection of the moral maxims of Publius Syrus.
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A$97.56
Dictionary of American Proverbs
by Kin, David (editor)
New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unbound signatures. [2], 290 pp. A few small stains to verso of last page. Fine overall.
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A$29.84
Libros Humildes: Dos Refraneros Del Año 1541
by Pérez, Juan B. Sánchez (compiler)
Madrid: Pérez, Juan B. Sánchez, 1944. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo (royal). Limited edition of 100 copies. 168, [9] pp.The book contains sayings from the year 1541, in Spanish. Printed by J. Cosano. Bookplate of Lt. Col. Victor De Guinzbourg [1906 - 1976] , an American military attaché to the United Nations who spoke around 10 languages and liked to collect proverbs. Some pages uncut. Pages lightly browned. Very light rubbing to edges. One page torn slightly at fore-edge. Otherwise book in very good...
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A$114.78
Lent Lilies: A Garden of Quiet for Forty Days
by Byron, May (arranged by)
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. Very Good. 5" x 6.5" [n.d., ca. 1910?]. Unpaginated, [44 p.p.] Tan paper boards with gilt and purple lettering and illustrations. Darkening to edges of boards and spine, bumping to spine ends, a few spots to rear board. Illustrated endpapers. Forty days worth of reflections on topics such as forgiveness, purity, temptation, service, discipline, solitude, endurance, strength, hope, and more by a variety of authors including St. Francis of Assisi, Marcus Aurelius,...
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A$34.43
Living Beyond The Daily Grind: Book I
by Charles R. Swindoll
Word Publishing, 1988. Hardcover. Proverbs; Psalms, Meditation. Reflections of the songs and sayings in Scripture. (242 Pgs.) Owner's gift inscription on cover page. Otherwise BOOK & DJ NEAR VVG
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A$22.04
Paroemiographi Graeci Quorum Pars Nunc Primum Ex Codicibus Manuscriptis Vulgatur
by Gaisford, Thomas (editor)
Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1836. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Text in Greek and Latin. Part 1 only. Full brown cloth. Professionally rebacked, original spine laid down, new printed paper spine label. xxiv, 432 pp. Spine faded, some rubbing to cloth. Neat ink marginalia throughout.
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A$286.95
QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
by Robert Hendrickson
7 pics-unread book from closed store; NO remainder marks; clean & shiny w/some wear to corners; spine uncreased; binding tight; pages pristine; no marks or tears
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A$39.49
Refranes o Preverbios Castellanos Traduzidos en Lengua Francesa Proverbes Espagnols Traduicts en Francois
by Oudin, Cesar [1560-1652]
Paris: Pierre Lamy, 1659. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Calf binding with raised bands and gilt on spine. [12] 356 p.p. Ex libris bookplate of Victor de Guinzbourg, former United Nations staff interpreter on front pastedown endpaper.Inner Dentelle border, gilt faded. Pages yellowed with some staining. Headband showing on head and tail of spine. Stains on rear board, with rubbing to extremities but otherwise in very good condition. Originally published in 1605, this book is a collection of...
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A Gentleman Publisher's Commonplace Book
by Murray, John G
London: John Murray. 1996. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy . Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Black & white illustrations. 119 pages. A selection from Publisher, John Murray's legendary collection of sayings, quotes, proverbs etc. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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A$18.00
Tell Me Fi True. A Collection of Jamaican Proverbs. With Translations
by Huie, Bari
Scarborough: Bargergol Corporation, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 5.5" x 8.5" First Printing. 32 p.p. Rubbing and scuffing to covers, edges. Previous owner note in pen on front and rear inner covers. Otherwise in very good condition.
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A$80.35
Doctrinal de Juan del Pueblo
by Sacristan, Fermin
Madrid: Viuda E Hijos de Murillo, 1907. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 1907-1911. Tall 8vo. Quarter bound in calf with tan buckram boards. Title in gilt on spine, raised bands. Two volumes in one. Vol. 1: xv, 17-370 p.p.; Vol. 2: 388 p.p., incl. index. Second volume dated 1911.Tight boards. Some rubbing and bumped edges, with stain on front and rear board. Pages yellowing. Otherwise in near fine condition. A scarce copy of multilingual proverbs and sayings in literature on adversity, love, goodness, and...
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A$688.68
Adagiorum Chiliades Des Erasmi Roterodami quatuor cvm dimidia, ex postrema avtoris recognitione. In hac aeditione, prioribus duobus Indicibus subiunctus est tertius nouus, quo cuncta in hoc opere sparsim tractata, lectori ob oculos quam clarissime sunt posita
by ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM:
Basilae [Colophon]: Basileae per Hieronymvm Frobenivm, et Nicolaum Episcopium, Mense Martio, Anno M.D. XLVI. 1546. Large, thick follio, 335 x 218 mms., pp. [xliv], 1071 [1072 colophon], marginal annotation on recto of aa2, contemporary tawed pigskin, with a fleur-de-lys in centre panel, with binding date of 1549 just visible in central panel, the date is also just visible in a tiny trapezoid 42 mms. from the top front cover near the spine, a border in blind of what appears to be images of juveniles,...
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