Exaltation of Larks The Ultimate Edition

Name: Exaltation of Larks The Ultimate Edition
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ISBN: 9780140170962

ISBN-10: 0140170960

ISBN-13: 9780140170962

Edition: Reprint

Authors: James Lipton

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If you've ever wondered whether familiar terms like 'a pride of lions' or 'a string of ponies' were only the tip of a linguistic iceberg, An Exaltation of Larks provides the definitive answer. This classic collection of collective nouns includes more than 1,100 equally pithy, and often poetic, terms - some resurrected from the Books of Venery that were the constant study of fifteenth-century gentlemen; some ('a blur of Impressionists,' 'a score of bachelors') more recently minted. Here too is a game for readers inspired to invent their own 'terms of venery.' Infectious in spirit and beautifully illustrated with more than 250 witty engravings, An Exaltation of Larks is a word-lover's garden…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English