A collection of Gaelic proverbs, and familiar phrases; : accompanied with an English translation, intended to facilitate the study of the language; illustrated with notes. To which is added, The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin, translated into Gaelic. /
Macintosh, Donald,1743-1808.
Franklin, Benjamin,1706-1790.Way to wealth.Scottish Gaelic.1785.
Morrison, Hew,1850-1935,former owner.StEdNL: H.M.90(1)
Stuart, James T. S.,former owner.StEdNL: H.M.90(1)
Edinburgh: : printed for the author, and sold by Messrs. Donaldson, Creech, Elliot, and Sibbald, booksellers, Edinburgh; John Gillies, Perth; James Gillies, Glasgow, and by all the booksellers in town and country.,
1785..
Gaelic and English on opposite pages, p. 1-71, and numbered in duplicate.
Gaelic translation of The way to wealth, by Dr. Franklin: p. 73-83.
ESTC
Provenance: bookplate, 20th-century, on front paste-down, with motto: Will God I shall (i.e. the motto of the Clan Menzies).
Bookplate on the front free endpaper "Prudentia Praestat Ex Libris Hew Morrison". Manuscript notes in a 20th century hand on the front pastedown "The first and second editions are here bound together. The 2nd edition is corrected for the press for a proposed new edition by E. M'l [E. Maclean]" and "Sheriff Nicolson had this book when editing his edition". Manuscript signature on the title page in a contemporary hand "James T S Stuart". Extensive manuscript corrections throughout.
Proverbs, Scottish Gaelic