[Collection of English proverbs].

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Title: [Collection of English proverbs].
Contributor: Clarke, John,--1609-1676.
Herbert, George,--1593-1633.
Shirley, James,--1596-1666.
Published / Created: ca. 1654
Abstract: Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of quoted proverbs on such subjects as youth, wisdom, wealth and poverty, sin and wickedness, and virtue, drawn from contemporary collections such as John Clarke's Paroemiologia Anglolatina, George Herbert's Jacula Prudentum, and James Shirley's Wit's Labyrinth. The aphorisms are arranged alphabetically according to the first word; in the first volume, some of the letter tabs are still intact, while all the letter tabs are intact in the second volume. Dates appear throughout both volumes, indicating the years 1653 and 1654.
Description: Binding: half calf over machine-grain morocco.
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In gilt on spine: English Proverbs.
Marbled endpapers.
Pasted inside front cover: binder's ticket which reads "Bretherton, ligavit, 1848."
Phillipps MSS 12157 and 12158.
Extent: 2 v. (378 p.) ; 30 x 20 and 33 x 21 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Commonplace books.
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain--Social life and customs--17th century.
Subject (Name): Clarke, John,--1609-1676.
Herbert, George,--1593-1633.
Shirley, James,--1596-1666.
Subject (Topic): Aphorisms and apothegms.
Conduct of life--17th century.
Proverbs, English.

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Citation: Collection of English Proverbs, Circa 1654. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.