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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a handbook of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a book or guide that provides information or instructions on a specific subject.
Example: "The library has just acquired a new handbook of gardening techniques that is perfect for beginners."
Alternatives: "a guide to" or "a manual on".
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Some were drawn from Robert William Wilde's book Irish Popular Superstitions and others from Seán Ó'Súilleabháin's A Handbook of Irish Folklore.
Scholars have worked this out in various ways and the major proposals are surveyed in Jack Finegan's A Handbook of Biblical Chronology (Hendrickson, 1998).
It is a handbook of muscular freedom.
You do not need a handbook of new restrictions.
He was the author of "The Angels' Game: A Handbook of Modern Diplomacy" (Stein, 1975).
José Saramago slams the Bible as "a handbook of bad morals".
This issue of The Times Magazine is a handbook of another sort.
She also published "Renaissance Artists and Antique Sculpture: A Handbook of Sources" in 1986.
Jana Romanova has been compiling a handbook of rules for relatives.
Bugeaud's collected military writings were published in 1883 and served as a handbook of colonial warfare.
Ge Hong (3rd century ce), in a handbook of prescriptions for emergencies, gave a clear and detailed description of smallpox.
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