Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature / John Bartlett

Book

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American Bookbinders Museum

Name/Title

Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature / John Bartlett

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.144

Description

1158 pages. The ninth edition and the last edited by Bartlett himself.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Quotations, English, 1890s

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

5-1/4 in

Book Details

Editor

John Bartlett

Edition

Ninth

Publisher

Little, Brown & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1891

Date Printed

1892

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding

Binding Notes

Bound in the original dark green cloth with gilt titles and floral vignettes to spine and front board. Navy blue stone endpapers.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)