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An universal etymological English dictionary; Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonick, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters: And Also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. By N. Bailey, [Greek] The four-and-twentieth edition, carefully enlarged and corrected by Edward Harwood, D.D.

Date

[1782?]

Proverbs exemplified, and illustrated by pictures from real life. Teaching morality and a knowledge of the world; with prints. Designed as a succession-book to Æsop's Fables. ...

Date

1790

Recto: a graphic black figure on his hands and knees holding a decorative bowl with in a decorated border; an illustration to a Guinean; fourth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667384i

A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Mezzotint by J. van der Bruggen after D. Teniers.

Date

1600-1699

Reference

21118i

An universal etymological English dictionary; Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law; and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great-Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Countries. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificer, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. Seventeenth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey, [Greek]

Date

[1757]

Recto: a black figure hugs a picture of another to his chest within a graphic background; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; sixth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667121i

A surgeon in his workroom extracting stones from a patients head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Photogravure after J. Steen.

Reference

21106i

An universal etymological English dictionary; ... The two and twentieth edition, with considerable improvement by N. Bailey, ...

Date

1770

An universal etymological English dictionary: Comprehending The Derivations of the Generality of Words in the English Tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words derived from any of the aforesaid Languages; and Terms of Art relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chymistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks, Grammar, Logick, Rhetorick, Musick, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases us'd in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes at Law; and the Etymology and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and Remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. Containing many Thousand Words more than either Harris, Philips, Kersey, or any English Dictionary before Extant. To which is added, A Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration. The whole Work compil'd and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant, and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thorowly to understand what they Speak, Read, or Write. The sixth edition, with considerable improvements. By N. Bailey, [Greek].

Date

M,DCC,XXXIII. [1733]

A barber-surgeon extracting stones from a woman's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Watercolour by J. Cats, 1787, after B. Maton.

Date

1787

Reference

21154i

Anecdotes & biography, including many modern characters in the circles of fashionable and official life, selected from the portfolios of a distinguished literary and political character lately deceased. alphabetically arranged. By L. T. Rede.

Date

1799

Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667124i

Reflections, essays and meditations on life and religion, with a collection of proverbs in alphabetical order, and twenty-eight letters written occasionally on several subjects, viz. The absurd notions of the sect called Methodists. The customs of foreign nations in regard to Harlots. The lawless commerce of the Sexes. The repentance of Prostitutes. And The great humanity and beneficence of the Madgalane Charity. By Mr. Hanway. in Two Volumes. Vol. I. Go and sin no more.

Date

[1761]

An itinerant surgeon extracing stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity), in the background is a manic woman who is waiting for the operation. Photogravure, 1926, after T. de Brij after M. de Vos.

Reference

21085i

A surgeon in his workroom extracing stones from a man's head; symbolising the expulsion of 'folly' (insanity). Gouache painting by Ginsle (?), 1806, after G. Dou.

Reference

21129i

Recto: two black figures with arms outstretched and touching each other within a graphic background as an illustration to a Sierra Leonean proverb; first of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667120i

An universal etymological English dictionary: comprehending the derivations of the generality of words in the English tongue, either Ancient or Modern, from the Ancient British, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and Modern French, Teutonic, Dutch, Spanish, Italian; as also from the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew Languages, each in their proper Characters. And also A brief and clear Explication of all difficult Words, derived from any of the aforesaid Languages, and Terms of Art, relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physic, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chemistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematics, Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Music, Heraldry, Maritime Affairs, Military Discipline, Horsemanship, Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing, Gardening, Husbandry, Handicrafts, Confectionary, Carving, Cookery, &c. Together with A large Collection and Explication of Words and Phrases used in our Ancient Statutes, Charters, Writs, Old Records, and Processes in Law, and the Etymology and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: And also the Dialects of our different Counties. Also a Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explications. The whole Work compiled and methodically digested, as well for the Entertainment of the Curious, as the Information of the Ignorant; and for the Benefit of young Students, Artificers, Tradesmen, and Foreigners, who are desirous thoroughly to understand what they speak, read, or write. the twenty-eighth edition. Besides retaining the Two Thousand Words, added and interspersed in their proper places, in a former Edition, together with other improvements, some further amendments have been made, so as to render the present Edition still more complete. By N. Bailey, [greek text]

Date

M,DCCC. [1800]

Illustration of a proverb: a fresh-water prawn with two cat-fishes. Watercolour drawing.

Reference

26918i

An essay towards a collection of books relating to proverbs, emblems, apophthegms, epitaphs and ana : being a catalogue of those at Keir / [Sir William Stirling-Maxwell].

Date

1860

Illustration to a proverb: the philandering Babu and the musk rat at a party. Watercolour drawing, c. 1870.

Date

1870

Reference

26861i

Recto: numerous black figures within blocks resembling houses; an illustration to an Ghanaian proverb; third of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667123i

Maximes et réflexions morales du duc de la Rochefoucauld.

Date

M.DCC.XCIX. [1799]

A malicious itinerant surgeon extracting stones from a grimacing patient's head; symbolising the extraction of 'folly' (insanity). Engraving by D. Teniers.

Reference

21119i

A hunter, with a gun under his arm, carrying a goose by the neck. Coloured lithograph.

Reference

36022i

Recto: a black figure with numerous heads and hands together holding a lion within a graphic background incorporating further heads; an illustration to an Ethiopian proverb; fifth of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.

Date

1992

Reference

667122i