A compleat collection of English proverbs; 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.
John Ray (1627-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1768
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3211854
Summary
Bibliographic description
xv,[1],319,[1];150p.. 8vo. Imperfect: lacking final blank. Proposals for printing... (2 p.) bound at end inserted from another copy, and re-margined. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate: Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledecune and Morar Baronet [i.e.1826-1898]. Pencil inscription on front flyleaf: R. W. Ketton-Cremer Felbrigg 1955 [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century mottled calf signed by Jenkins & Cecil, Bloomsbury St, triple gilt fillets and cornerpieces, gilt double fillet on board edges, gilt spine, five raised bands sewn on three cords, red morocco gilt label: Ray's Proverbs. Marbled endpapers, yellow edges. Bookshoe.
Makers and roles
John Ray (1627-1705)