Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases and Proverbs – John Bartlett

A collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature. By John Bartlett. Ninth Edition. Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, in 1909.  Three-quarter brown leather with marbled boards, gilt ruled, six panel spine with gilt florets. Marbled endpapers. Some rubbing and scuffing.

First published in 1855, it is the longest running collection of quotations, with a 19th edition published in 2022.