Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. ; To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature ... 3225259

Dictionary of phrase and fable : giving the derivation, source, or origin of common phrases, allusions, and words that have a tale to tell / By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. ; To which is added a concise bibliography of English literature ...

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810-1897)

Date

1913

Materials

Place of origin

London

Collection

Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire

NT 3225259

Summary

Bibliographic description

144th thousand. [4], 1440 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. port. 21.7 cm. Printed label at foot of front pastedown: Parker & Son, English & Foreign Booksellers, 27, Broad Street, Oxford. Provenance: Pictorial bookplate: Ex Libris Alastair Grahame; Black ink stamp: The National Trust founded 1895. Binding: Twentieth-century publisher’s red cloth over boards, gilt spine title, blind fillet and title on front cover, blind fillet on back cover.

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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1810-1897)

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