A collection of English proverbs . digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion; with short annotations. Whereunto are added local proverbs with their explications, old proverbial rhythmes, less known or exotick proverbial sentences, and Scottish proverbs.
John Ray (1627-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1670
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3028798
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],296p. . 8vo. Provenance: manuscriptinscription on title page: "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)]. Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double blind fillet border, with blind cornerpiece stamps; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind and gold-tooled calf. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Ray (1627-1705)