Proverbs, Maxims, Aphorisms from Leaf and Stone Books

Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1966. Softcover. KB42...xiv, folding plate, 160 pages. Table of translations, works cited, index of Koman words, index of riddle answers. Octavo. Original olive green card covers with black are sun faded at the spine, bit of corner curl, interior has a signature (unknown) on the… Read more about this item

London: A. Seguin. Good with no dust jacket. 1830. Leather. 59 pp. 12mo. Book plates of Kier House, Victor de Guinzbourg, and William Stirling. Italian on left, English translation facing. 1800s leather binding with what looks to be Kier House embossure to front and back, some rubbing and wear, new leather spine. Interior marbled end papers, hinges… Read more about this item

Guildford And Esher: Billing and Sons. Good with no dust jacket. [1937]. First Edition. Hardcover. Xiii, [1], 328 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates. No title page, as published. Spine says "Ne Oublie," an inner leaf has "Pages from the Notebook" and the front cover has "Inveni Fontem" in the squares. No date but 1937. Printer from… Read more about this item

London: T. Harvey. Good with no dust jacket. [1830?]. Second Edition. Leather. 8, 100 pp. 12mo. Bound in smooth calf with blind ruling, William Stirling Maxwell's initials embossed in the leather front and back. Front board is detached, some normal light rubbing, back board has cloth (? ) tape at inside hinge holding it on and partly… Read more about this item

Lyon: Andre Olyer. Good with no dust jacket. 1664. Leather. [vi], 228, [x] pp. Includes "Le Ballet des Proverbes. Danse par le Roy, le 17 Fevrier 1654. " Ouvrage tire´ des plus celebres autheurs de ce temps Full leather contemporary binding, corners rubbed, spine head rubbed, bottom spine rubbed and compartment leather partially gone,… Read more about this item

Uppsala: Zeipel et Palmblad. Good with no dust jacket. [1818]. Hardcover. [10] 39 pp. In Finnish and Latin, the Finnish in a Fraktur type. Dissertation praeside Johanne Trane´r ... proponit Carolus Axelius Gottlund ... die xii Dec. 1818. In full calf, boards worn and scuffed, top board barely hanging on, back board detached, spine partly perished.… Read more about this item

Paris: Imprimerie de Firmin Didot Freres. Good with no dust jacket. 1833. Second Edition. Hardcover. xv, 377, [v], 8, [iv], 2, 3 pp. Appendix, Turkish Proverbs. In French with extensive Turkish, back unnumbered pages are only Turkish. With the bookplate of celebrated proverb/maxim collectorLt. Colonel V.S.M. de Guinzbourg, the early incarnation. In what appears to be original… Read more about this item

Weimar: Friedrich Voigt. Good with no dust jacket. 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 276 pp. Latin text in bold, German text in fraktur. Original hard boards are dull brown with some minor wear, bump to front bottom corner, original black paper spine label with bright gilt a bit chipped. Spine tips bit worn Interior… Read more about this item

Venice: Prem. Stab. Tip. Fratelli Visentini. Good with no dust jacket. 1898. Softcover. 198pp + 10 unnumbered pages. Italian and Latin languages. De Guinzbourg bookplate on front flyleaf. Book has beige paper softcover with black text on covers and spine. Covers are loose, but still attached to spine, wear on covers and spine. Text is clear and… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo. Good with no dust jacket. c1875. Hardcover. unpaginated but approx 365 pages. Two days per page, plus a page with blanks opposite each day to fill in names. Blue cloth with exuberant black and gilt Victorian decoration, gilt ruling, spine equally decorated in gilt, a bit of rubbing at extremities and joints,… Read more about this item

Lerida, Barcela: Sol y Benet; Subirana. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. Softcover. xvi, 666,[iv]. In Spanish. Cream paper covers with a lovely red and black border. Paper is a bit toned and some edge chipping, spine head and tail a little chipped. Interior paper somewhat browned, nice head and tail pieces throughout, pages have… Read more about this item

S.L.: S.N.. Good with no dust jacket. 1800. Hardcover. 21,45,38,30,21 pp. Bound in full red morocco with gilt ruling, blindstamped coat of arms to front and another blinstamped mark to back. Book plates of Kier House, Victor de Guinzbourg, and William Stirling, along with a handwritten noted signed "WS" on the first blank explaining that… Read more about this item

Mendoza: Best Hermanos. Good. 1938. First Edition. Softcover. cxlvii, 632, [xiv] pp. Index. First edition. B/w plates and music. Original card covers with engraving of dancers and musicians. Paper is a bit grubby, chipped at corners and fore-edge, spine covering worn but still intact. Interior book plate of military man/spy/book collector Victor de Guinzbourg. Otherwise… Read more about this item

Madrid: Imprenta y Litografía de los Huérfanos. Good with no dust jacket. 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. 412 pp. Erratas, ads. Published Ago 1891. With the bookplate of man of mystery, spy, and collector of proverbs, de Guinzbourg. Olive green cloth with red spine label. Some general light rubbing but overall good and handsome.… Read more about this item

Piacenza: Torchi Del Majno. Good with no dust jacket. 1821. Hardcover. [iv] 288 pp. With the bookplate of noted collector of proverb books and mysterious man of the world, de Guinzbourg. Original marbled hard paper boards with leather spine, black and gilt spine label. Someone has shellacked the spine in the long ago giving it a very… Read more about this item

Frankfurt: J. Saurium. Good with no dust jacket. 1605. Hardcover. 70 leaves, unpaginated, renewed end papers and blanks. In octavos. With the bookplate of Col. Victor De Guinzbourg, who was in counterintelligence prior to WWII and, according to his family, used a number of different names -- he also happened to collect books of proverbs, the book… Read more about this item

Berlin: Alfred Schall. Good with no dust jacket. 1901. Hardcover. Vii + 128 pps. Tan cloth boards with beautiful gilt and teal blue decorations with Arabic and German script, spine has gilt and red. Covers have a bit of shelf soil and wear but quite minor. Inside has lovely golden floral endpapers with the bookplate of Victor… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Des Bibliophiles. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Hardcover. Vi + 160 pps. In French, Dark green/blue marble boards with brown leather spine and gold gilt lettering, 5 raised bands. Corners and spine tips a little rubbed. Interior marbled end papers have a golden small bookplate of Henri Bachimont Bresles (the French composer) with the… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Hardcover. Xxiv + 147 pps. Index at rear. Frontis plate of John Wyclif. In English with Early English. Dark green cloth with triple blind ruling, gilt to spine, minor shelf wear at extremities. Inside front cover has bookplate of noted WWII spy and proverbs collector Victor de Guinzbourg.… Read more about this item