Proverbs from Minotavros Books

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1909. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Transliterated Arabic with English footnotes. Orig. red cloth, gilt title to spine. iv, 115 pp. Spine sunned and damp stained, light chafing to spine ends. Light age toning to interior.

London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1878. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo. Orig. brown publisher's cloth, beveled edges. A.E.G. 319 pp. Chafed to extremities. Foxing to front matter. Very good+.

London: John Russell Smith, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Eighth edition. Full burgundy cloth. xxxvi, 480 pp; 481-960, 32 pp. Roughly cut edges. Rebacked with new spine, printed paper spine labels, new endpapers. Boards are scuffed and stained. Some rubbing and wear to extremities. Blacked out portions to copyright page, with some show-through to title page, and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paris: P. Bertrand, Librairie-Editeur, 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Half-bound brown morocco over marbled boards, rebacked with original spine laid-down, xv, 701p., plus eratta. Bookplate of the late Col. De Guinzbourg of the United Nations, a known collector of proverbs, quotes, and adages. Signed by the publisher on verso of half-title. Pages lightly foxed with trimmed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Oxonii: E Typographeo Academico, 1836. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Text in Greek and Latin. Part 1 only. Full brown cloth. Professionally rebacked, original spine laid down, new printed paper spine label. xxiv, 432 pp. Spine faded, some rubbing to cloth. Neat ink marginalia throughout.

New York: Philosophical Library, 1955. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Unbound signatures. [2], 290 pp. A few small stains to verso of last page. Fine overall.

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo (imperial). Full maroon cloth, gold lettering. xiii, 854 pp. Fine. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, a few tears to edges, some light staining to spine. The great English authors of the period 1500-1700 made copious use of proverbs, native and imported, by direct quotation… Saber más sobre este artículo

Padova: Stabilimento Tip, 1871. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Orig. wrappers, 58pp. Wrappers disbound, with some unopened pages. From the library of United Nations Col. De Guinzbourg, a noted collector of proverbs. Embossed ex-library stamp on upper front cover, but still a very good copy. A collection of the moral maxims of Publius Syrus.

Innsbruck: Stemperia e Liberia Accademica Wagner, 1881. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. "Proverbs, Traditions And Anecdotes Of The Eastern Ladin Valleys With Italian Version." Orig. wrappers, 146pp, (2)ads. Pages 131-142 are LACKING. Bookplate of United Nations Col. De Guinzbourg, a noted collector of proverbs and linguistics. Light foxing, a small green stamp on title page. Wrappers soiled, with tape… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: D. Appelton & Co, 1860. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Leighton, John. 4to (small). Full brown morocco. Gilt titling and gilt and blind decorated compartments to spine. Gilt titling and frame decoration to boards. Inner edge dentelle. A.E.G. Marbled endpapers. xvi, 240 p.p. Copiously illustrated throughout with B&W engravings in-text by Leighton, Dalziel, Whymper, Green,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Napoli: Gennaro Monte, 1904. Soft cover. Good. 8vo. Original blue wrappers, from the library of Lt. Col. De Guinzbourg, his bookplate on front inner cover, 96 pp., light foxing and staining to leaves, dampstains to top edge of front cover and to upper rear cover, ownership signature in red crayon to upper front cover, thin piece of tape… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Hardcover. Very Good. 5" x 6.5" [n.d., ca. 1910?]. Unpaginated, [44 p.p.] Tan paper boards with gilt and purple lettering and illustrations. Darkening to edges of boards and spine, bumping to spine ends, a few spots to rear board. Illustrated endpapers. Forty days worth of reflections on topics such as forgiveness, purity, temptation, service,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Philosophical Library, Inc, 1964. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo. Special abridged edition. xvii, 106 p.p. Grey paper boards with black lettering to spine. Sunning head and foot of boards. Dust jacket has sunning to spine and edges, a few chips and tears, bumping to spine head. The present small volume is an especially abbreviated edition of… Saber más sobre este artículo

[London]: Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. [Date at end of 'Advertisement', second leaf after title-page, Feb. 5, 1792.] Mottled brown calf with quarterbound in recently rebacked tan calf. Black leather spine-label. Marbled brown endpapers. Frontispiece, [62] unnumbered pages. 18mo Bound in 6s. Two bookplates of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on… Saber más sobre este artículo

Coloniae: Lazari Zetzneri, 1603. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. With Parabolarum Sive Similitudinum. Coloniae: Lazari Zetzneri, 1603. With seperate title-page and pagination. Modern black wraps over boards. Title on paper spine label. Bookplate of former United Nations staff interpreter Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on front pastedown. Woodcut vignette and early ownership signature on title-page. Book I: [16]… Saber más sobre este artículo

Brussels: Goemaere, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo [medium]. Quarter cloth binding in blue buckram spine and marbled boards.vi, 260 p.p. Faded embossed library stamp at foot of title-page. Early ownership at head of title-page. Rubbing to extremities of boards and edges. Dark pen marking on rear buckram spine. Paper browning with small tear to table… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wien (Vienna): Gedruckt bei den Edlen v. Ghelen'schen Erben, 1828. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (small). Halfbound buckram over yellow marbled boards. 113 p.p. [1]. Text in German and French. Bookplate of Victor de Guinzbourg on front pastedown. Small wear to lower front board. Light foxing. Otherwise interior clean. A near fine copy. An alphabetical list of German… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Philisophical Library, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 91 p.p. Paper Boards. Scratching to corners and ends of dust-jacket. Small tears to corners of dust-jacket as well. Bumping to extremities of boards. Inscription to rear endpaper. Bookplate by C.B. Farrar to front endpaper. Otherwise clean, a fine copy of book.

Madrid: Jose Del Ojo Gomez, 1885. Hardcover. Fine. 32mo. New Edition. Text in Spanish. Quarter bound marbled green leather over green buckram boards. Title in gilt on red spine label. Top edge in red, with red marbled endpapers. Ejemplar num. 198 p.p. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg on front pastedown endpaper. Owner inscription on half-title. Some… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bruxellis: Franciscum T'Serstevens, 1755. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Two Vols. Full calf. Raised bands, with gilt floral motifs on spine. Vol I: [16] 348 p.p. (A-L); Vol II: 349-676 p.p., (M-Z) plus [12] p.p. index and table. Lacking front fly-leaf in Vol. I. Bookplate of Lt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg in both books on front pastedown endpapers.… Saber más sobre este artículo