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AEDEight Books of Aphorisms, Maxims, and Mottoes. [V.p., 1748-1958].
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Eight Books of Aphorisms, Maxims, and Mottoes. [V.p., 1748-1958]. Including:
A Book of Sundials: The Book of Old Sundials & Their Mottoes. Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1917. SECOND EDITION.
TUPPER, Martin Farquhar esq. Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thought and Arguments... New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846.
CAULFEILD, S.F.A. House Mottoes and Inscriptions: Old and New. London: Elliott Stock, 1908. NEW AND REVISED EDITION.
LARDEN, Walter. Inscriptions From Swiss Chalets. Oxford: Horace Hart, 1913.
OKADA, Rokuo. Japanese Proverbs. Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, 1958. SECOND EDITION.
PALMER, Charles. A Collection of Select Aphorisms and Maxims... London: E. Cave, 1748. FIRST EDITION.
SPURGEON, C.H. The Salt-Cellars: Being a Collection of Proverbs... New York: A.C. Armstrong & Son, 1889.
CATS, Jacob and FARLIE, Robert. Trans. PIGOT, Richard. Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs, of All Ages and Nations. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.
All 8vo except Moral Emblems which is 4to. Original bindings, some with later repairs. Dust jackets where issued. VARIOUS EDITIONS.
Condition
General wear and light soiling; ownership markings, foxing, and discoloration. Some loose hinges. Proverbial Philosophy with bookplate to fep; A Collection of Aphorisms with paste-in clippings to fep. Moral Emblems quite rubbed. Good or better. Complete list available upon request.
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