The Hand Book of Illustrated Proverbs: Comprising Also a Selection of Approved Proverbs of Various Nations and Languages, Ancient and Modern, Interspersed with Numerous Engravings and Descriptions: Adapted for the Use of All Ages and Classes of Persons.
Written and illustrated with original engravings by John Warner Barber (1798 - 1885), an American engraver and historian whose books of state, national, and local history featured his vivid illustrations, said to have caught the flavor and appearance of city, town, and countryside scenes in his day. (Wikipedia)
First Edition by George F. Tuttle, Publisher, 102 Nassau Street, New York, 1856.
Sixty-two illustrated chapters, each with a traditional proverb, a description of the illustration and an explanation of the wisdom.
Twenty illustrations on the five-panel frontispiece fold-out of Proverbs of Solomon, King of Israel. Four of the illustrations use proverbs to warn against alcohol, fitting in with the Temperance social movement that was growing in strength at this time. Warning against evil, has a couple in roses with the woman's breast exposed.
The end of each chapter lists many other common conventional truths that relate to highlighted. A thought-provoking look at common cultural wisdom during the 19th century.

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