The Amusing instructer
Subtitle: being a collection of fine sayings, smart repartees, &c.
By: from the most approv'd Italian authors ; with an English translation. To which is prefix'd, An account of the decay of the Latin tongue, and the rise of the Italian, with the character of the most eminent Italian authors antient and modern.
Contributors: Oldmixon, Mr. 1673-1742.
Publisher: Printed by H.P. and sold by J. Groenewegen ... , and N. Prevot ...
Place of publication: London
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Quotations, Italian -- Translations into English.
Other titles: Collection of judicious sayings, beautiful apophthegms, and smart repartees from authors, both antient and modern, in Italian and English.; Sentenze e motti piacevoli per esercitarsi nella lingue italiana ed inglese.
Notes: Signatures: A6, a-b6, B-Y6.

Half-title: Sentenze e motti piacevoli per esercitarsi nella lingue italiana ed inglese / raccolte da gli authori più accreditati.

English and Italian on opposite pages.

Includes index.

"The printer informing me that there were about half a dozen blank pages to fill up, I thought the reader might not be displeas'd, in having that beautiful passage in the Aminta of Tasso transcrib'd ...", in Italian and English by John Oldmixon: p. [19]-[24] at end.

"A collection of judicious sayings, beautiful apophthegms, and smart repartees from authors, both antient and modern, in Italian and English" ([2], 228 p.) has special t.p. with imprint: London : Printed by H.P., 1727.