Select proverbs, Italian, Spanish, French, English, Scotish, British, &c. Chiefly moral. The foreign languages done into English.

[14], 126, [2] p. First edition. ESTC T116572. Final [2] pages are advertisements for Books Printed by Philip Monckton at the Star . Contemporary blind ruled sprinkled sheepskin, recently rebacked with the original spine and worn label preserved. First and last leaves edge browned by the leather turn ins. Small blank corner restored to front endpaper. Bookplate, small embossed stamp and three shelfmarks of the Macclesfield library. A very good copy. Mapletoft (1631 - 1721) was brought up at Little Gidding after his father's death, Nicholas Ferrar being his godfather. He practised as a physician before taking holy orders and was elected to membership of the Royal Society in 1677.