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693 BURCKHARDT'S Arabic Proverbs of the Modern Egyptians, 4to. bd. very rare, £3. 3s

694

1830

Arabische Sprüchworter, oder die Sitten und Gebräuche der neueren Aegyptier, 8vo. 6s Weimar, 1834 695 Basque. OIHÉNART, Proverbes et Poésies Basques, sm. 8vo. 21s 1817 696 Bengali. MORTON'S Collection of Proverbs, Bengali and Sanscrit, with English translation, 8vo. cloth, 20s

Calcutta, 1832

697 Chinese. CHINESE NOVELS, translated by (Sir) John F. DAVIS, with observations on the literature, PROVERBS, etc. 8vo. cloth, 58 1843 698 English. DYKES, English Proverbs, accommodated to the humour of the present age, 8vo. neatly bound, 58

With a curious tract called "The Union | land and Scotland. Proverb," relating to the union between Eng-|

(1709-13)

699 PALMER'S Moral Essays on curious English, Scotch, and Foreign Proverbs, 8vo. calf, rare,

98

1710

700 RAY'S English Proverbs, also Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, etc. with a collection of English words not generally used, sm. 8vo. fourth edition, calf, 98 See also Italian.

1768 701 French. BACKER, Dictionnaire des Proverbes François, 12mo. cf. 3s 6d 1710 702 LE ROUX DE LINCY, Livre des Proverbes Français, avec introduction et Bibliographie, 2 vols. 12mo. hf. calf, 78 6d

Paris, 1842 703 MATINÉES SÉNONOISES, ou Proverbes François, 8vo. 548 pp. calf, 38 6d

Sens, 1789 704 WODROEPHE (John) The Marrow of the French Tongue, with two Bookes of Dialogues (French and English) the Springwell of Honour and Vertue, Sentences, Proverbiales, &c. 4to. wanting title, a rare and most curious volume, filled with quaint Proverbs and Sayings, hf. russia, from Miss Currer's library, 368 (1625)

705 Hottentot. BLEEK, Reynard the Fox in South Africa, Hottentot Fables and Tales, 8vo. cloth, 4s 6d 1864 706 Low German. SCHAMBACH's Niederdeutsche Sprichwörter, 8vo. containing 717 proverbs, with explanations, etc. 28 6d Gött. 1863

707 Italian. FIACCHI, Proverbi Toscani di CECCHI, 8vo. sd. 38 6d Firenze, 1820 708 FLORIO his First Fruites which yeelde familiar Speech, merie Proverbes, wittie Sentences, and golden Sayings, also a perfect Introduction to the Italian and English Tongues, sq. sm. 8vo. bd. rare, 368

709

T. Woodcocke, 1591

Dawson for Woodcocke, 1578 Second Fruites to be gathered of Twelve Trees of divers but delightsome Tastes to the Tongues of Italians and Englishmen, to which is annexed his Gardine of Recreation yielding six thousand Italian Proverbs, 2 vols. in 1, fine copy in vellum, £3. 10s Collation of Vol. I.: title and 11 prel. unambered leaves; leaves 1-159. The copy at Ker has leaves 160-163, consisting of a separate treatise beginning "Regole necessarie per indurre gli taliani a posferir la lingua Inglese."

blank; -Giardino di Ricreatione nel quale crescono fronde, fiori, e frutti, vaghe, leggiadri, e soavi, sotto nome di Sei mila Proverbij, etc. Londra, 1591, title; 3 unnumbered leaves; pp. 1-217; the last page (218) contains the Colophon.

Collation of Vol. II. title and 5 prel. leaves; pages 1-205; 3 unnumbered pages, 1 710 GARLAND full of delightfull Flowers, gathered out of Italian Authors, by P. P. 18mo. calf, 58

1660 711 PENSA, Epigrammi Toscani, 8vo. bds. 58; or, old red morocco, gilt edges, 108 Monte Regale (Sicily), 1570 712 Jewish. BEN SIRE Proverbia, Hebr. et Lat. à Drusio, cum scholiis, etc. sq. 8vo. calf neat, 3s 6d

Franekur, 1597 713 DUKES, Rabbin. Spruchkunde, 8vo. proverbs Hebrew and German, sd. 28

Wien, 1851

714 TENDLAU (Abraham) Sprichwörter und Redensarten Deutsch-Jüdischer Vorzeit, als Beitrag zur Volks-, Sprach-, und Sprichwörter-Kunde, 8vo. 12 and 425 pp. hf. calf, 78 Frankfurt, 1860 715 Magyar. BALLAGI, Magyar Példabeszedek, sq. 16mo. 8313 Magyar proverbs, with numerous examples from other languages, bds. 6s Pest, 1855 716 Maltese. VASSALLI, Motti, Aforismi, e Proverbii Maltesi raccolti ed interpretati con note filologiche, 8vo. bds. 4s

Malta, 1828 717 Persian and Hindoostanee. Roebuck's Proverbs, and Proverbial Phrases in the Persian and Hindostanee Languages, compiled and translated chiefly by the late Capt. T. Roebuck, edited by Professor H. H. Wilson, stout 8vo. bds. 36s

Calcutta, 1824 phrases of the West, and by an explanation of their tendency, or the circumstances on which they are founded.

In addition to the translation of the Pro- | verbs, many of them are further illustrated by a comparison with the analogous proverbial 718 Portuguese. ADAGIOS, PROVERBIOS, Rifãos e Anexins da lingua portugueza, por F. R. I. L. E. L., 8vo. old calf gilt, 15s Sanscrit-See Bengali.

Lisbon, 1780

719 Spanish. BARROS (Alonso de) La Perla : Proverbios morales, 16mo. bd. 12s

Zaragoça, 1656 Very rare. Collation: title and prel. leaves, 8; Proverbios, fol. 1-66, leaf 9 slightly injured. 720 CARO y CEJUDO, Refranes Castellanos, con los Latinos que les corresponden, y Glosa, sq. 8vo, vellum, 14s Madrid, 1792 Though little known this volume contains | Spain;-it is the production of a philologist of the most complete collection of the Proverbs of no ordinary skill. 721 COLLINS' Dictionary of Spanish Proverbs, compiled from the best authorities in the Spanish Language, translated into English, with explanatory illustrations from the Latin, Spanish, and English Authors, sm. Svo. 392 pp. cloth, 108 Mother of all the Sciences."-Don Quixote, part I, cap. 21.

1828

"I am of opinion, Sancho, that there is no Proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself, the 722 NUNEZ, Refranes o Proverbios en Romance que coligio y glosso el Comendador Hernan Nuñez; FILOSOFIA VULGAR de Juan de MAL LARA, en mil refranes glossados, todos hasta aora impressos; las Quatro Cartas de Blasco de Garay, hechas en refranes, stout sq. 8vo., fine copy, VERY RARE, £3. 38 Madrid, 1619 readers of Don Quixote. In the last edition the editors have left out many proverbs which they thought objectionable.

1618.

This is the first edition containing the Pro- | verbs of Mal Lara. The Colophon is dated Nunez' work is indispensable to the 723 NUNEZ, Refranes o Proverbios en Romance, Filosofia Vulgar de Juan de Mal Lara; con las quatro Cartas de Blasco de Garay, sm. 4to. calf, RARE, 328

Lerida, 1621

Madrid, 1804

724 NUNEZ, Refranes o Proverbios en Castellano, por el orden Alfabetico, revistos y enmendados por Luis de Leon, 4 vols. 16mo. 36s "Cette dernière edition renferme de nombreuses at gmentations."-Brunet. 725 SORAPAN DE RIEROS, Medicina Española, contenida en Proverbios vulgares de nuestra Lengua, stout sq. Svo. bd. 158 "Ce livre, très rare et fort curieux est, ainsi, que son titre l'annonce, un véritable Traité de Médecine fondé sur les Proverbes vulgaires de l'Espagne. Il m'a semble fort cu

Madrid, 1616 rieux, et l'auteur y fait preuve d'une érudition singulière et très étendue."

DUPLESSIS, Bibl. Paremiolog.

726 XIMENEZ PATON. Proverbios Morales, Heraclito de Al. de VARROS, concordados, por Bart. Ximenez Paton, sm. 4to. bd. 24s the same, new edition, sq. sm. 8vo. calf, Ford's copy, 10s

727

This collection of Spanish proverbs is the the Latin correspondents. Heraclite of Barros, to which Ximenez had added

Baeça, 1615

Lisboa, 1617

728 Swedish. PRINTZ, GRUNDEN, BOETHIUS, Dissertationes de Adagiis SuioGothicis, in Reg. Acad. Upsal, pracside lune propositae, 1769-71, 3 parts in 1 vol. sın. 4to. half calf, uncut, very rare, 30s

Upsalia, 1769-71

PERIODICALS, CYCLOPAEDIAS,

PUBLICATIONS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES, ISSUES OF PRIVATE PRESSES.

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729 ROMANCES of Sir GUY OF WARWICK, and Rembrun his son; now first edited from the Auchinleck MS. stout 4to. black letter, plates, cloth, 328 Edinburgh, 1840

Only 100 copies were printed. "This the other Club publications. metrical Romance is allowed to surpass all

730 THE CHARTULARIES of BALMERINO and Lindores, now first printed from the original MSS. in the library of the Faculty of Advocates, 4to. plate,

20s

ib. 1841 731 LIBER CONVENTUS S. KATHERINE Senensis prope Edinburgum, 4to. cloth, uncut, 178 ib. 1841

732 LEGEND of ST. KATHERINE of Alexandria, edited from a MS. in the Cottonian Library, with translation and glossary, by James Morton,

B.D. 4to. 328

1841 733 GARDYNE'S (A.) Garden of grave and godlie flowers; GARDEN's Theatre of Scotish Kings; with miscellaneous poems by J. LUNDIE, 4to. printed within borders, hf. morocco, uncut, 30s; or, fine copy in calf extra, gilt edges, 368 ib. 1845 734 OPPRESSIONS of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of ORKNEY and ZETLAND, from original documents, with introduction, appendix, and Glossary, 4to. cloth, 288

ABBEVILLE Society:

ib. 1859

735 MEMOIRES de la Société d'Emulation, 1852 à 1864, 3 vols. 8vo. including description and plate of the celebrated fossil human jaw, sd. 10s Abbeville, 1857-65 ACADEMIE des Sciences de Paris: 736 MÉMOIRES DE L'INSTITUT: Mathématiques et Physiques, 1798-1815, 14 vols. in 19; Mémoires par Savans Étrangers, Tomes I, II (all pub.) 1806-11-Littérature et Beaux-Arts, Tomes I-V, 1798-1804-Sciences Morales, I-V, 1798-1804-Rapports, 1810-Histoire et Mémoires de l'Institut, Classe d'Histoire et de Littérature ancienne, 4 vols. 1815-18Tableau Général jusqu'à 1788-Base du Système métrique décimal, mesure de l'arc du Méridien par Méchain et Ďelambre, 3 vols. 1806-10; together 35 vols. in 41 1798-1818 MÉMOIRES DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE des Sciences, dès le commencement, Vols. I-XIX; XXI-XXIV; XXVII, part 1, 1818-54-56-Mémoires par Divers Savants, Tome I-XVI, 1827-1856-Comptes Rendus, 1835, Nos. 1-22 (wanting No. 18) a very rare volume; also for 1838-44, 14 vols. ; 1818, Vol. XXVI; parts of XXXV and XXXVI; 1856, Supplément aux Comptes rendus, Vol. 1; 1863, Vols. LVI, LVII, all in Nos. 1835-63Recueil des Discours, 1820-39, 2 vols.-together 59 vols. 1818-63 MÉMOIRES DE L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE des Sciences Morales et politiques, Tomes I-IX, 1837-55-Savants Etrangers, I, II, 1841-47-together 11 vols. 1837-55

MÉMOIRES DE L'INSTITUT NATIONAL:

Académie des Inscriptions, XVIII-XX 2, XXI, XXIII 2-Mémoires par divers Savants, le série, II-V-2e série, I, III; together 11 vols.

SÉANCES Publiques, etc. 12 parts

1813-59

1858-61

Together 122 vols. and 12 parts (pub. about £125.) £40. Paris, 1798-1863

:

737 HISTOIRE de L'ACADÉMIE ROYALE des SCIENCES, from the commencement in 1699 to 1772 (wanting 1747) Table, 1699-1734, Amsterdam, 1741-Table, 1681-90, 1709-Discours, Tables générales, 1731-70, Paris, 1747-74-Suite des Mémoires, 1718, 1727, 1740 - Mémoires donnés à l'Académie, par Fontaine-Gallon, Machines et Inventions, 1666-1734-Ouvrages adoptez-Mémoires pour l'Histoire Naturelle, La Haye, 1731-Mathématique et Physique-in all 94 vols. 4to. many plates, uniform in old French calf, £4. 10s 1692-1775 738 TABLEAU GÉNÉRAL raisonné méthodique des ouvrages contenus dans les Mémoires de l'Académie jusques 1788, 4to. sd. RARE, £2. 10s

Paris, 1791 739 ACTA ERUDITORUM ab anno 1682 ad annum 1731, 50 vols. in 38, 1682-1731-Nova Acta ab anno 1732 ad annum 1776, 45 vols. in 22, 1732-82-Supplementa ad Acta, 10 vols. 1692-1734-Ad Nova Acta Supplementa, 8 vols. in 4, 1735-57-Indices ab anno 1682 ad annum 1741, 6 vols. 1693-1745, numerous plates of science, art, antiquities, etc.—together 119 vols. in 80, small stout 4to. fine uniform set in vellum, £7.

Priced, 1847, H. Bohn, £25. Sold at So- | theby's in Feb. 1819, for £12. 128.

A very interesting and valuable collection, containing an infinity of dissertations, essays, etc. on all subjects and by the most learned scholars. De Bure says that the " Acta Eruditorum ALFRIC Society:

Lipsia, 1682-1745

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740 PUBLICATIONS of the Elfric Society, the Complete Series, the Homilies of Elfric, parts 1-10-Poetry of the Codex Vercellensis, 2 parts-The Dialogues of Salomon and Saturn, 3 parts, edited by J. M. Kemble— together 15 parts, 8vo. sd. £2. 10s

AGRICULTURAL and Horticultural Society of India:

1843-48

741 TRANSACTIONS and Proceedings, from the beginning in 1835, the complete set of the above, 8 vols. 8vo. cloth, £3. 10s Calcutta, 1838-51 742 MONTHLY JOURNAL, continued under the title JOURNAL, from beginning in 1842, Vols. I-IX. pt. 3, and X. pt. 1, 8vo. in parts, £3. 10s ib. 1842-57 743 ALLGEMEINE BAUZEITUNG, redigirt von Förster, 1855-58, 4 vols. 4to. plates-ABBILDUNGEN zur Allgemeinen Bauzeitung, 2 vols. folio, 228 plates-together 6 vols. hf. calf neat, 308 Wien, 1855-58 744 ALLIBONE'S (S. A.) Critical Dictionary of English Literature, and BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS, to the middle of the 19th century, containing 30,000 biographies and literary notices, Vol. I., all published, stout impl. 8vo. 24s Philadelphia, 1859

745 ALMANACH DE GOTHA, 16mo. various volumes from 1821 to 1861, numerous plates and portraits, sold separately Gotha, 1821-61 745*ALMANACH IMPERIAL, pour l'année 1811, édité par Testu, 8vo. red morocco gilt, 58 Paris, 1811

746 AMERICAN ALMANAC and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the years 1830-60, 31 vols. sm. 8vo. twenty-seven vols. hf. bd. and four sd. £5. Boston, 1830-60

A most useful periodical, comprising a Ca- | and other particulars respecting the United lendar for each year, Astronomical information, | States and all other countries. miscellaneous hints and observations, statistical

747 AMERICAN ACADEMY of Arts and Sciences, Memoirs, First Series, 1783, Vol. I (series completed in 4 vols.) bd. Boston, 1785-New Series, Vols. I-IV pt. 1; V, VI, VIII, Cambridge, 1833-63-together 4 vols. and 7 pts. 4to. plates, £6. 15s

Mostly valuable Scientific Transactions by Worcester, Paine, Bowditch, Bond, Nuttall, Hale, Lovering, Captain Owen, Store, Asa Grey, Everett, Haldeman, Leidy, Emory, Sargent,

1785-1863

Burnett, Eustis, Jussieu, Bache, James Hall, and
others. Vol. I. contains "A Dictionary of the
Abnaki Language in North America by Father
Sebastian Rasles, edited by Pickering."

AMERICAN Antiquarian Society:

748 ARCHEOLOGIA AMERICANA: Transactions and Collections of the Society, Vols. I, II, 8vo. maps, plates, and cuts, one vol. hf. bd. one in bds. 158 Worcester, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1820-36

Illustrative of the aboriginal Religions, | Vocabularies.

Antiquities, Ethnology, and Languages, with 49 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE (AND ARTS), conducted by Professor SILLIMAN, (continued afterwards by him and others) Vols. I— XI, XII pt. 36, XXIV, XXVIII-XLI pt. 1; Second Series, Vol. II pt. 4, VI pt. 18, VIII pt. 3, and IX-XXXVIII (without part 2 in XXXVII); together 57 vols. 8vo. numerous plates, mostly bound, £20. New Haven, 1819-64

The Second Series commenced in 1846.

AMERICAN Oriental Society:

750 JOURNAL, Vols. I—V, 8vo. plates of facsimiles, etc. in parts, uncut, £5. Boston, New York, &c. 1847-56

This periodical contains learned articles by | Orientalists. Burnouf, Lassen, Whitney, and other eminent

AMERICAN Philosophical Society:

751 TRANSACTIONS, from the beginning in 1769 to 1863, a complete set, as follows: FIRST SERIES, 6 vols. in 7, 1771-1804; SECOND SERIES, Vols. I-XII, 1818-63; together 18 vols, in 19, 4to. maps and plates, fourteen vols. hf. calf neat, not quite uniform, the rest in parts, £10.

752

Philadelphia, 1771-1863 A complete and unbroken set like the present is very rarely met with. the same, First Series, complete, 6 vols. and Second Series, Vol. I, 4to. £2. 10s 1771-1818 Literary Society in America. They received original contributions from Franklin, Priestley, and the most eminent men of the time.

Several other early volumes in stock, to be | sold separately.

The American Philosophical Society was the first, and the American Academy the second AMERICAN Ethnological Society:

753 TRANSACTIONS, Vols. I-III pt. 1, 8vo. plates and cuts, bds. £2.

New York, 1845-53

Comprises valuable Papers, including VOCABULARIES of the MEXICAN NATIONS. AMSTERDAM Royal Institute:

754 BIJDRAGEN tot de Taal- Land- en Volkenkunde van NEDERLANDSCH INDIE: Vols. I-IV. in 3-Nieuwe Volgreeks, Vols. I, II.: together 6 vols. in 5, 8vo. plates, four vols. in cloth, and a part, £2. Amst. 1852-58 755 WERKEN: Afdeeling II.: Müller, Reizen, 2 vols.; Vries, Reize, door Leupe en Siebold; Javaansche Woordenboek, 4 vols. 8vo. sd. 158 1857-58 AMSTERDAM Academy:

756 VERHANDELINGEN der KONINKLIJKE AKADEMIE van Wetenschappen, Vols. I-IX, numerous plates and woodcuts of Natural History, etc. 1851-61 -Afdeeling LETTERKUNDE, Vols. I, II, plates, 1858-63-together 11 vols. in 9, 4to. £8. 10s

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758 VERSLAGEN en Mededeelingen: NATUURKUNDE, Vols. I-XVI (wanting X), 1853-62-LetterkunDE, Vols. I-VII, 1855-63 — together 22 vols. 8vo. plates, £5. 1853-64

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