Proverbs.- R[ay] (J[ohn]) A Collection of English Proverbs, Digested into a convenient method for the speedy finding any one upon occasion, first edition, title printed in red and black, title laid-down, minor worming to head, occasionally touching head-lines, ink ownership inscriptions to title and endpapers, book label to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine and corners strengthened and repaired, [Wing R368], 8vo, Cambridge, by John Hayes, 1670.
⁂ First edition of the most important book of English proverbs.
Provenance: P. Lancaster; Jonathan Gowan; John Tattersall; H.J.P. Proby; Frank Muir (ownership inscriptions)
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