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The moral testament of a man
Crissy, James
1834
Statement on back of t-p that book was entered for copyright by James Crissy.
The Faber book of aphorisms : a personal selection
Auden, W H (1907-1973); Kronenberger, Louis (1904-1980); Bridgen, John William
[1964]
American edition (Viking [c1962]) has title: The Viking book of aphorisms.
The Apophthegmes of the ancients : taken out of Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Elian, Atheneus, Stobeus, Macrobius and others : collected into one volume for the benefit and pleasure of the ingenious
Bulteel, John (fl. 1683)
1683
"Epistle dedicatory" signed: John Bulteel. First ed. Cf. BM. The second ed., 1686, has title: A collection of apothegmes or sayings of the ancients. Advertisement on p. [1]-[3] at end. A1 is b...
Politeuphuia, wits commonwealth. Newly corrected and amended
Ling, Nicholas (fl. 1600); Bodenham, John (fl. 1600)
1678
Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection though the work appears to have been done by Nicholas Ling. cf. Dedication; also Dict. nat. biog. Epistle dedicatory and "To the reader"...
Aphorismes civill and militarie : amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine
Dallington, Sir Robert (1561-1637); Guicciardini, Francesco (1483-1540)
1629
Issued with (pt.2): A briefe inference upon Guicciardines digression, in the fourth part of the first quarterne of his Historie. Forbidden the impression, and effaced out of the originall by the Inqui...
Parrhasiana: or, Thoughts upon several subjects; as, criticism, history, morality, and politics. By Monsieur Le Clerk, under the feigned name of Theodorus Parrhasi. Done into English by ****
Le Clerc, Jean (1657-1736)
1700
P.195 misnumbered 159. Chapter 10 is "Of Mr. Le Clerc's works", and concludes the book. Pages 281-288 repeated in pagination.
Politeuphuia, wits common-wealth. Newly corrected and amended
Ling, Nicholas (fl. 1600); Bodenham, John (fl. 1600)
1650
Usually ascribed to John Bodenham, who planned the collection though the work appears to have been done by Nicholas Ling. cf. Dedication; also Dict. nat. biog. Epistle dedicatory and "To the reader"...