Paroimiographia. Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages, in English (or the Saxon toung) Italian, French and Spanish whereunto the British, for their great antiquity and weight are added. Which proverbs are either moral, relating to good life; physical, relating to diet, and health; topical, relating to particular places; temporal, relating to seasons; or ironical, relating to raillery, and mirth, &c. Collected by J.H. Esqr.

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  • Paroimiographia. Proverbs, or, Old sayed savves & adages, in English (or the Saxon toung) Italian, French and Spanish whereunto the British, for their great antiquity and weight are added. Which proverbs are either moral, relating to good life; physical, relating to diet, and health; topical, relating to particular places; temporal, relating to seasons; or ironical, relating to raillery, and mirth, &c. Collected by J.H. Esqr.
  • Proverbs Old sayed savves & adages Old sayed sawes & adages English proverbs, rendred into French, Italian, & Spanish Proverbes d'elite, et dictons communs, ou vieux quolibets, en la langue francoise Some choice proverbs, and common sayings or old adages in the French toung Proverbi gli pi scelti nella lingua italiana Italian proverbs of the choicest sort Refranes, o proverbios en romance, ò la lengua castellana Proverbs, or adages in the Spanish toung Diharebion Cymraeg, vvedu ei cysiethu yn saisoneg British or old Cambrian proverbs, and Cymraecan adages Divers centuries of nevv sayings
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Imprint
London: printed by J[ohn]. G[rismond]., 1659.
Publication year
1659-1659
ESTC No.
R5378
Grub Street ID
125826
Description
[14], 4, [6], 24, 8, 7-10, [8], 28, [8], 24, [8], 32, [8], 40, [4], 10 p. ; 2⁰
Note
Attributed by Wing to James Howell.

First word of title transliterated from Greek.

Printer's name from Wing CD.

Signatures: a? [fleur-de-lys]-2[fleur-de-lys]? ([fleur-de-lys]1 + chi?)* *? ?chi? [para]? b-d? [a]? [b]? (brackets present) (A)-(D)? (E)? *A-*D? A-E? [cross]A-[cross]F? (a)-(d)? (-(d)2).