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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.
Sefer Mivḥar ha-peninim
Jedaiah ben Abraham Bedersi (1270-1340); Ibn Gabirol; Dessau, Ahron; Löwinsohn, Hirsch
1842
Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum collectorum libri octo
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)
1556
The prefatory letter is dated Feb. 26, 1531. Reprint of Gryphius' ed. of 1548. Cf. Baudrier. Signatures: a-z⁸ A-X⁸ Y⁴. Includes indexes.
Commonplace book owned by the Lewis family, including transcribed poems by Pope, Gray, and Prior.
Lewis family
c.1700-1750
Contains six poems, including items by Pope, Gray, and Prior; also, a large collection of moral aphorisms entitled 'Seneca unmasqued'.
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.
Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
1894
"Of this work seventy-five copies only were printed for presentation."
Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum collectorum libri octo
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)
1556
The prefatory letter is dated Feb. 26, 1531. Reprint of Gryphius' ed. of 1548. Cf. Baudrier. Signatures: a-z⁸ A-X⁸ Y⁴. Includes indexes.
Apophthegmata ex probatis græcæ, latinæque linguæ scriptoribus
Lykosthenes, Konrad (1518-1561); Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)
1635
A Condaro Lycosthene collæta, & per locos communes, juxta alphabeti seriem digesta. Postrema hac editione diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris erroribus expurgata, plurimisque centuriis quæ in alter...
Les apophtegmes, ou, Bon mots des anciens, tirez de Plutarque, de Diogene Laerce, d'Elien, d'Athénée, de Stobée, de Macrobe, & de quelques autres
Plutarch; Ablancourt, Nicolas Perrot d' (1606-1664); Diogenes Laertius; Frontinus, Sextus Julius
1694
Title-page in red and black ink.