A Dictionary of The Proverbs in England In the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century. A Collection of the Proverbs Found in English Literature and The Dictionaries of The Period
Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo (imperial). Full maroon cloth, gold lettering. xiii, 854 pp. Fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, a few tears to edges, some light staining to spine. The great English authors of the period 1500-1700 made copious use of proverbs..... More