Paroimiographia = Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages : in English (or the Saxon toung) Italian, French and Spanish : whereunto the British, for their great antiquity and weight are added ... / collected by J.H. Esqr.
1659
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Title
Paroimiographia = Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages : in English (or the Saxon toung) Italian, French and Spanish : whereunto the British, for their great antiquity and weight are added ... / collected by J.H. Esqr.
Created/published
London : Printed by J.G., 1659.
Description
[14], 4, [6], 24, 8, 7-10, [8], 28, [8], 24, [8], 32, [8], 40, [4], 10 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 33 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Note
J.H.=James Howell; J.G.=John Grismond (Wing 2nd. ed.)
First word of title in Greek script on title page.
Signatures: a² [fleur-de-lys]-2[fleur-de-lys]² ([fleur-de-lys]1 + chi1)* *² ²chi1 [par.]² b-d⁴ '[a]'⁴ '[b]'² (A)-(D)⁴ (E)², *A-*D⁴, A-E⁴, [cross]A-[cross]F⁴ (a)-(c)² (d)1.
"English proverbs, rendred into French, Italian, & Spanish;" (caption title), "Proverbes d'elite, et dictons communs, ou vieux quolibets, en la langue francoise, = Some choice proverbs, and common sayings or old adages in the French toung:" (divisional title page), "Proverbi gli più scelti nella lingua italiana = Italian proverbs of the choicest sort," (divisional title page), "Refranes, o proverbios en romance, ò la lengua castellana; = Proverbs, or adages in the Spanish toung," (divisional title page), "Diharebion Cymraeg, vvedu ei cysiethu yn saisoneg. = British or old Cambrian proverbs, and Cymraecan adages," (divisional title page), and "Divers centuries of nevv sayings," (divisional title page) each have separate pagination and register.
Frontispiece of the "Associatio Linguarum" signed: W. Faithorne sc. Mounted plate at end of a man leaning against a tree and possibly an extra-illustration in Folger copy, signed: C. Melan et Bosse sculp.
First word of title in Greek script on title page.
Signatures: a² [fleur-de-lys]-2[fleur-de-lys]² ([fleur-de-lys]1 + chi1)* *² ²chi1 [par.]² b-d⁴ '[a]'⁴ '[b]'² (A)-(D)⁴ (E)², *A-*D⁴, A-E⁴, [cross]A-[cross]F⁴ (a)-(c)² (d)1.
"English proverbs, rendred into French, Italian, & Spanish;" (caption title), "Proverbes d'elite, et dictons communs, ou vieux quolibets, en la langue francoise, = Some choice proverbs, and common sayings or old adages in the French toung:" (divisional title page), "Proverbi gli più scelti nella lingua italiana = Italian proverbs of the choicest sort," (divisional title page), "Refranes, o proverbios en romance, ò la lengua castellana; = Proverbs, or adages in the Spanish toung," (divisional title page), "Diharebion Cymraeg, vvedu ei cysiethu yn saisoneg. = British or old Cambrian proverbs, and Cymraecan adages," (divisional title page), and "Divers centuries of nevv sayings," (divisional title page) each have separate pagination and register.
Frontispiece of the "Associatio Linguarum" signed: W. Faithorne sc. Mounted plate at end of a man leaning against a tree and possibly an extra-illustration in Folger copy, signed: C. Melan et Bosse sculp.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R5378
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), H3098
Vann, W.H. Notes on the writings of James Howell, 40
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), H3098
Vann, W.H. Notes on the writings of James Howell, 40
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Call number
257- 081f
Folger-specific note
Top inner and outer margins frayed with burn and water stains; preliminaries mis-bound. Half-bound in brown goatskin over marbled paper boards; imprint of binder's label, now missing, visible. Initials "L.W." written on either side of "Finis.", final page. Inscription: Doctor P. Lumsden from Edward Morrison 22 Apl 1940. Gift of Mark Sieling.