Language: Ray, J: A Complete Collection of English Proverbs;

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Language: Ray, J: A Complete Collection of English Proverbs;

also The Most Celebrated Proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Other Languages, 1768. 4th. Edn. 319pp; BOUND WITH: A collection of English words not generally used. 1768, 4th. Edn. 150pp. 1/4 leather, VG; The Phonetic Journal for the Year 1847, Original boards, rubbed; Questions Adapted to the Eton Greek Grammar, for the Use of Schools- for c. Dilly, 1795. 111pp. Cont. full leather, rubbed and torn, The Armorial bookplate of 'F. Manley Sims' to front pastedown and a stamp to title pager; O’Rahilly (Ed.): A Miscellany of Irish Proverbs, 1922; Etc. (qty.)

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From the Professor Charles James Frank Dowsett (1924-1998) Library.

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M. Tullii Ciceronis: Opera, 14 vols, Paris, Saillant, et al.: M. Tullii Ciceronis: Opera, 14 vols, Paris, Saillant, et al. 1768 (in Latin). With a frontis portrait by Rubens. 12mo. Cont. Full mottled calf a.e.g. Rubbed and lacks a few labels. (14)

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