A compleat collection of English proverbs [electronic resource] : also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other languages. The whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and proper Explications. By the late Rev. and Learned J. Ray, M. A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To which is added (written by the same author) A collection of English words not generally used, With their Significations and Original in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the oue of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. With an Account of the Preparing and Refining such Metals and Minerals as are gotten in England.
1737
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A compleat collection of English proverbs [electronic resource] : also the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish and other languages. The whole Methodically Digested and Illustrated with Annotations, and proper Explications. By the late Rev. and Learned J. Ray, M. A. and Fellow of the Royal Society. To which is added (written by the same author) A collection of English words not generally used, With their Significations and Original in two Alphabetical Catalogues; the oue of such as are proper to the Northern, the other to the Southern Counties. With an Account of the Preparing and Refining such Metals and Minerals as are gotten in England.
Author
Ray, John, 1627-1705.
Edition
The third edition, augmented with many hundreds of words, observations, letters, &c.
Publication Details
London : printed by J. Hughs, near Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; for Olive Payne, at Horace's Head in New-Round-Court, opposite York-Buildings, in the Strand, MDCCXXXVII. [1737]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
viii,319,[1],150,[2]p. ; 8⁰.
Note
A reissue of the 1737 edition with a cancel titlepage in red and black.
The 'Collection of English words' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.
With a final leaf of advertisements.
Price from imprint: price neatly Bound in Calf, and Letter'd 5s.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The 'Collection of English words' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.
With a final leaf of advertisements.
Price from imprint: price neatly Bound in Calf, and Letter'd 5s.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Keynes, 13
English Short Title Catalog, T88587.
English Short Title Catalog, T88587.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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