E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Selden, John
(b. Salvington, Sussex, September 16th, 1584; d. London, November 30th, 1654). “England’s Epinomis” (1610), “Jani Anglorum facies altera” (1610), “The Duello; or, Single Combat” (1610), Notes to Drayton’s “Polyolbion” (1613), “Titles of Honour” (1614), “Analecton Anglo-Britannicon” (1615); “De Diis Syris” (1617); “The History of Tithes” (1618); “Marmora Arundelliana” (1628); “De Successionibus” (1631); “Mare Clausum” (1635), “De Jure Naturali et Gentium juxta Disciplinam Hebræorum” (1640); “Table Talk” (1689). See the Lives by Wilkins (1726), Aikin (1811), and Johnson (1835).
