A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish with English Translations and a General Index.
by Bohn, Henry G
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: George Bell and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. 1893. Hardcover. 579pp, 32pp +5 unnumbered pages. French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish and English languages. Index. Book has orange-brown cloth covers with gold text on the spine and an impressed design on the front. Wear and minor tears to head, tail and corners, corners bumped, marks on covers, sunning to spine, front inner hinge cracked. Text has minor marginalia throughout, some pages uncut, some pages torn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 616 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8312
- Title
- A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish with English Translations and a General Index.
- Author
- Bohn, Henry G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Proverbs, EUROPEAN, Translation
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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