Monday, October 31, 2011
Leutsch & Schneidewin: Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum
Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum by E. L. Leutsch and F. B. Schneidewin (1839)
Volume 1
Volume 2
Volume 1 contains Zenobius, Diogenianus, Plutarchus, Gregorius Cyprius plus an appendix; Volume 2 contains Diogenianus, Gregorius Cyprius, Macarius, Aesopus, Apostolius and Arsenius.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Gaisford: Paroemiographi Graeci
Paroemiographi Graeci by Thomas Gaisford (1836)
This book has a nice index of proverbs in the back. It presents individual manuscript codices, with parallel citations in the other Greek sources as footnotes.
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Saturday, October 29, 2011
Hulme: Proverb Lore
Proverb Lore by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
The book provides a history of proverbs, looking at proverbs and proverb collections across various cultures. There is also a chapter on "proverbs that are misunderstood" and also a chapter on animal proverbs.
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Gartner: Proverbialia Dicteria
Proverbialia Dicteria by Andreas Gartner (1578)
This is a marvelous collection of Latin proverbs arranged thematically, including many rhyming proverbs. There are interlinear German translations as well. In the appendix there is a Sortilegium Rhythmaticum.
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
La Fontaine: Fables Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth
Fables Calculated for the Amusement and Instruction of Youth by Jean de La Fontaine (1789)
This book contains prose versions in English of 40 of LaFontaine's fables, with illustrations, too!
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Fongers: Nova Proverbiorum Farrago
Nova Proverbiorum Farrago by Jan Fongers (1585)
The book contains Latin and Greek proverbs with Latin commentary on each. The commentary is quite substantial, as much as a page or more.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Farrand: Course of Latin Studies
Farrand's Course of Latin Studies by William Powell Farrand (1810)
The materials have facing Latin and English text. The book contains select colloquies of Corderius, followed by select fables (from Clark's Aesop), followed by select colloquies of Erasmus (these last have the Latin text followed by English text)
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Bland: Proverbs Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus
Proverbs Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus by Robert Bland (1814)
Volume 1
Volume 2
This book, in two volumes, includes Latin proverbs, with enjoyable little English commentaries.
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Schottus: Paroimiai Ellenikai
Paroimiai Ellenikai by Andreas Schottus (1612)
This is a collection of the Greek proverbs of Zenodotus, Diogenianus and the Suda, with both the Greek text and a Latin translation. There are commentaries on the proverbs in both Greek and Latin.
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Jones: Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations
Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations by Hugh Percy Jones (1908)
Here is the complete title: "Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Classical Quotations: comprising 14,000 idioms, proverbs, maxims, mottoes, technical words and terms, and press allusions from the works of the great writers in Latin, French, Italian, Greek, German, Spanish, Portuguese, alphabetically arranged, with English translations and equivalents." The proverbs are actually arranged language by language, and then alphabetically within each language. The Latin section is appx. 120 pages in length, arranged in columns, with Latin in one column, English in the facing column (not the most user-friendly reading experience). Citations are minimal.
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Friday, October 21, 2011
Henderson: Latin Proverbs and Quotations
Latin Proverbs and Quotations by Alfred Henderson (1869)
This book is arranged alphabetically by the Latin. Each proverb has an English translation. There is a source citation, but very abbreviated (author only), along with some parallel English proverbs and verses.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
King: Classical and Foreign Quotations
Classical and Foreign Quotations by William Francis Henry King (1904)
Here is the complete title: "Classical and Foreign Quotations: a polyglot manual of historical and literary sayings, noted passages in poetry and prose, phrases, proverbs, and bons mots." All the languages are mixed together and arranged alphabetically. Each proverb has an English translation, along with a source citation. There is sometimes a brief comment and/or comparative English proverb or verse.
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Binder: Medulla Proverbiorum Latinorum
Medulla Proverbiorum Latinorum by Wilhelm Christian Binder (1856)
The Latin proverbs are arranged alphabetically, with a German translation. There are some indications as to source, but not for all of the proverbs. The proverbs are numbered, running from 1 to 1875.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Cats and Farlie: Moral Emblems
Moral Emblems by Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie (1860)
The full title reads: "Moral Emblems, with aphorisms, adages, and proverbs, of all ages and nations." The book is a treasure trove of delights, with so many nice details, like the proverbs written in the margins drawn around the illustrations and text! Wonderful!
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Hoyt & Ward: Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations
The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations by J. K. Hoyt and A. L. Ward (1886)
Here is the complete title: "The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations, English and Latin: With an appendix containing proverbs from the Latin and modern foreign languages; law and ecclesiastical terms and significations." The main body of the book consists of English quotations, followed by Latin proverbs and quotations (appx. 90 pages), and then shorter selections from French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Wood: Dictionary of Quotations
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern English and Foreign Sources by James Wood (1899)
This book is arranged alphabetically, with the proverbs of all languages mixed together. English translations are provided for the proverbs not originally in English.
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Bohn: Handbook of Proverbs
A Handbook of Proverbs by John Ray and Henry G. Bohn (1855)
As the title page explains, the book contains "an entire republication of Ray's collection of English proverbs, with his additions from foreign languages. And a complete alphabetical index; in which are introduced large additions, as well of proverbs as of sayings, sentences, maxims, and phrases, collected by Henry G. Bohn." There is an alphabet of proverbs in the back which actually takes up about half of the book.
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Tydichius & Burch: Liber proverbiorum Salomonis
Liber proverbiorum Salomonis by Joachim Tydichius and Boceldus Sasbotus Vander Burch (1573)
This book consists of the Biblical book of Proverbs rendered in elegiac verse couplets.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Howitt: New Work of Animals
A New Work of Animals by Samuel Howitt (1811)
The book contains 100 plates by Samuel Howitt illustrating fables from Aesop, Phaedrus and John Gay, with the fables mostly in prose but the ones from Gay in verse. Here is the tortoise and the hare:
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Holbrook: Dante and the Animal Kingdom
Dante and the Animal Kingdom by Richard Thayer Holbrook (1902)
In addition to animals, the book includes man, the angels, the devil and demonic beings, followed by various animals, such as the lion, the wolf, the dog, etc., birds, serpents and insects.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Franz: Animalium historia sacra
Animalium historia sacra by Wolfgang Franz (1613)
The book is organized by chapters, with a single animal per chapter or related animals in a single chapter. The emphasis is on Bible animals but a wide variety of Greek and Latin sources are cited.
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Ulbricht: De animalium nominibus Aesopeis
De animalium nominibus Aesopeis capita tria by Karl Ulbricht (1908)
This is a useful book for both Greek and Latin animal names, with a nice range of sources cited. There's even a little appendix on baby animals: de catulorum nominibus.
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Cheviot: Proverbs of Scotland
Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
The book is arranged alphabetically, with some brief commentaries on the proverbs, along with some citations. The proverbs are in English, but in an orthography that reflects the regional pronunciation: Women are kittle cattle, and the mair ye rin after them the mair they flee awa'.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Houghton: Moral Significance of Animals in Greek Proverbs
Moral Significance of Animals as Indicated in Greek Proverbs by Herbert Pierrepont Houghton (1915)
Ah, the days when you could submit a PhD dissertation that was just 65 pages in length! The focus is on animals represented in many proverbs: the goat, the fox, the ox, the horse, the camel, the dog, the hare, the lion, the wolf and the donkey, along with some notes about minor animals, birds, reptiles and insects.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Wortmann: De comparationibus Plautinis et Terentianis
De comparationibus Plautinis et Terentianis ad animalia spectantibus by Ernst Franz Wortmann (1883)
The book is organized by animal, with citations from Plautus and Terence along with additional comparative material from Greek and Roman sources.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Phipson: Animal-lore of Shakespeare's Time
The Animal-lore of Shakespeare's Time by Emma Phipson (1883)
This is an enormous and entertaining book which is organized by chapters which contain related animals; some chapters, such as dog, are about a single animal. It includes beasts, birds, reptiles, fish and insects.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Warner: Proverbiorum et Sententiarum Persicarum Centuria
Proverbiorum et Sententiarum Persicarum Centuria by Levin Warner (1644)
Each proverb has the Persian text, a Latin translation and a commentary in Latin.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Trench: Proverbs and Their Lessons
Proverbs and Their Lessons by Richard Chenevix Trench (1857)
This book contains six lectures by Trench, with material from various languages, including Latin: 1. The Form and Definition of a Proverb; 2. The Generation of Proverbs; 3. The Proverb of Different Nations Compared; 4. The Poetry, Wit and Wisdom of Proverbs; 5. The Morality of Proverbs; 6. The Theology of Proverbs. There is even a nice little appendix, "On the Metrical Latin Proverbs of the Middle Ages."
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Willis & Walker: Phraseologia Anglo-Latina
Phraseologia Anglo-Latina by Thomas Willis and William Walker (1672)
As the title explains, this book contains "Phrases of the English and Latin tongue, whereby is shewed how to Render English proprieties into proper Latin: to which is added Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina, or a Collection of English and Latin Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings Match'd together, for the Use of Schools." The proverbs begin on p. 353 and run for only 60 pages, but they are a lot of fun! For example, the Latin "Male partum male disperit" is matched with several English sayings: "What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly," "Ill gotten goods seldom thrive," and "Ill gotten, ill spent."
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Camerarius: Symbolorum ac Emblematum Centuriae
Symbolorum ac Emblematum Ethico-Politicorum Centuriae Quatuor by Ioachimus Camerarius (1697)
This is a beautiful edition, over 800 pages long, of all four of Camerarius' emblem books: 1. trees and plants; 2. animals; 3. birds and insects; and 4. fishes and reptilles. Unfortunately, because of the size of the book, some of the pages are hard to read, especially at the beginning and end of the book. Where the pages are hard to read in this edition, you can compare them with this less attractive edition of the same book published in 1668, along with a very attractive edition of 1668. There is a beautiful edition online at the Internet Archive, too.
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
Gatti: Sales Poetici, Proverbiales, et Iocosi
Sales Poetici, Proverbiales, et Iocosi by Giuseppe Gatti (1703)
As the title page explains: "Sales poetici, proverbiales, et iocosi: ad condimentum honestae conversationis, recreationem, et eruditionem simul studiosae iuventutis." This marvelous book includes all kinds of rhyming and humorous proverbs, as well as some ingenious poems like the one below!
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