Re: Oldest Quotation Books?

[George Osner <gosner@ainet.com>]

Hi Rob,
I concur with Sam that the NY Public Library, at:
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/grd/resguides/quote.html
is an excellent source.
You can also find a number of mini-reviews at A Bookshelf of Quotation,
http://webpages.ainet.com/gosner/quotationsarch/quot_bookshelf.htm
Oldest book of quotations?  Well, Bartlett published his first edition in
1855 (the Oxford Dictionalry, by contrast, first came out in 1941).  My
guess is that for the "oldest", you'd have to go back to the Romans, but
I'm no expert there.
Hope this helps,
George
At 11:27 PM 12/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Anyone know what the oldest quotation books are?
>I'd also like to find a website that has reviews of quotations books,
>particularly older ones.
>Thanks,
>
>Rob Kall
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