Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer(Author)
E.M. Kirkpatrick(Editor)
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 5. December 1996
Book
Hardback
1136 pages
978-0-304-34901-2 (ISBN)
Description
A concise version of the dictionary of phrase and fable originally put together in 1870 by Dr Ebenezer Cobham Brewer. The majority of entries provide the history of phrases or outline the significance of historic terms in religion, magic, philosophy, literature, geography, mathematics and the sciences. The dictionary also includes a miscellany of knowledge: the traditional cries of animal; lists of dwarfs and giants in myth and history, of patron saints, and of wedding anniversaries; a glossary of terms in heraldry; and an account of how to play nine men's morris.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
glossary
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 124 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-304-34901-2 (9780304349012)
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