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London, Printed by J[ohn]. G[rismond]. for Cornelius Bee, at the Kings Armes in Little Brittaine, 1660., 1660.. 1660 Folio. [8], 4, [310], 24, 10, [8], 28, [8], 24, [6], 32, [8], 40, [4], 10 p. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by William Faithorne. The typographic title page printed in red and black. A particular vocabulary, or Nomenclature in English, Italian, French, and Spanish and Paroimiographia [Greek transliterated]. proverbs, or, Old sayed sawes & adages each have part titles dated 1659. Bound in 19th century grained half morocco with marbled boards and endpapers. The spine ornately gilt between raised bands. A little rubbed on the edges and corners. Internally clean and tight. The verso of the front endpaper carries the small binder's stamp of Koelmer. Expertly rebacked with the original spine and label re-laid. Armorial book label of Hulton. On a blank preceding the half title is the florid signature of the French Romantic poet and novelist Alfred de Vigny dated 1862, the… Read More

London: Printed by J.G. for Cornelius Bee, 1660. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Rare First Edition of one of the most important works in the history of lexicography and a major source of the plagiarized proverbs Benjamin Franklin published in Poor Richard's Almanac. A fair copy. Ex-library: white numbers on spine, blindstamp, numbers and 'cancelled' stamp on title page, ghost of what was probably a pocket on the rear endpapers. Very old full-leather binding with 'Howell's Dictionary' on the title piece. Boards worn; corners extremely worn past leather to boards; boards once detached and now only reattached by several strips of cloth which are fairly loose. Ffep heavily chipped, with 1864 owner's name, reinforced at the foreedge. There is no half-title, first leaf is title page; two owner's names or notations, Anglesey Dec. 5 1663 and Stanford 1693. Obverse of title page blank; follows 3pp dedicatory 'To His Majesty Charles the Second'; another blank page is followed by the marvelous frontispiece… Read More

London: printed by J. G. for Samuel Thomson, 1660. First edition, folio, engraved frontispiece after W. Faithorn, title printed in red and black, text primarily in triple column; entry words in English throughout; a pleasing copy in full contemporary calf, unrestored; gilt spine, red morocco label; with the half-title (also printed in red and black); some cracking of joints at the extremities, the whole a bit scuffed and rubbed, sections of the text significantly spotted, but generally a good, sound copy. In addition to the proverbs, the book contains prefatory poems on language, a 6-p. note "To the tru philologer," and many separate sections at the back giving terminology in a number of specific jargons: i.e. anatomy, horsemanship, hunting and venery, military, nautical, architecture and "household stuff", among others. Howell (?1594-1666) was an accomplished linguist and historiographer to Charles II (see DNB for a long description of his sometimes checkered career). Besides being one of the first… Read More