Dictionary of foreign phrases and classical quotations : comprising 14,000 idioms, proverbs, maxims, mottoes, technical words and terms, and press allusions from the works of the great writers in Latin, French, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, Portuguese, alphabetically arranged, with English translations and equivalents /. edited with notes by Hugh Percy Jones, ...
Jones, Hugh Percy
Category
Books
Date
1918
Materials
Place of origin
Edinburgh
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3103750
Summary
Bibliographic description
New and revised edition. xx, 532 p ; 21 cm. Pencil marked on pastedown: 1/8 [crossed through]; 2/4. Provenance: loose leaf inserted, inscribed "For Dick from Godfrey & Hilda" [i.e. Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921) from Hilda Ethelfreda Mosley, née Harpur Crewe(1877-1949); changed name to Fynderne, 1921; m. Col. Godfrey Mosley, 1923.] Binding: publisher's green cloth, gold lettered spine.
Makers and roles
Jones, Hugh Percy