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Collection of proverbs [manuscript], ca. 1750.

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Brevissima maximeque. 1526.
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Title
Collection of proverbs [manuscript], ca. 1750.
Description
1 item (34 leaves) ; 14 x 10 cm
Associated name
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Brevissima maximeque. 1526.
Summary
"English proverbs," "Latina Adagia," "Graeca Proberbia". Notes in shorthand at front and back. One of the shorthand paragraphs at end is headed "To D G," which may signify David Garrick.
Note
Bound in the middle is Erasmus, Brevissima maximeque compendiaria coficiendarum epistolarum formula ... Parisiis ... 1526.
Binding information
In contemporary red morocco.
Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Proverbs.

Call number
M.a.12

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