THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS English and Latin With an Appendix. Containing Proverbs from the Latin and Modern Foreign Languages; Law and Ecclesiastical terms and Significations; Names, Dates and Nationality of Quoted Authors, Etc., With Copious Indexes.
by [Quotations; Sexton, Anne]; Hoyt, J.K. and Ward, Anna L
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About This Item
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1888. Early Edition. ANNE SEXTON'S COPY. Large 8vo, light brown cloth over boards lettered in gilt on the spine and lettered and decorated on the upper cover in dark brown. 899. Very good copy with some mellowing on the lower cover and with some loosening to the front inside hinge. FROM ANNE SEXTON’S PERSONAL LIBRARY. A comprehensive presentation of quotations taken from the English, Latin, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish with topical categories.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15255
- Title
- THE CYCLOPAEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS English and Latin With an Appendix. Containing Proverbs from the Latin and Modern Foreign Languages; Law and Ecclesiastical terms and Significations; Names, Dates and Nationality of Quoted Authors, Etc., With Copious Indexes.
- Author
- [Quotations; Sexton, Anne]; Hoyt, J.K. and Ward, Anna L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Funk and Wagnalls
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1888
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