A Dictionary of the Slang and Cant Languages: ancient and modern. As used by Adam Tylers. Badgers. Bullies. Bully-Huffs. And every class of offenders. 12mo.

ANDREWES, George.

Edité par George Smeeton. [1809], 1809

Hand-coloured folding front 'The Beggar's Carnival' by George Cruikshank; small tear to fore-edge of B3 affecting one letter. Contemp. or sl. later half mottled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label; leading hinge sl. worn with small nick to tail of spine. Armorial bookplate of Thomas Stephens. (32)pp. Cohn 29 who notes, quoting the Widener copy, that the engraving is a collaboration between George and Isaac Cruikshank with the latter responsible for the figures. 'One great misfortune to which the public are liable', Andrewes writes in his 'advertisement', 'is, that thieves have a language of their own; by which means they associate together in the streets without fear of being over-heard or understood. The principal end I had in view in publishing this dictionary, was to expose the cant terms of their language, in order to the more easy detection of their crimes'. The final leaf lists 'The sixty orders of offenders' from High Tobers to Rumbubbers. The verso advertises the third edition of Andrewe's work The Stranger's Guide; or, The frauds of London detected. N° de réf. du vendeur 79917

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Titre : A Dictionary of the Slang and Cant Languages...
Éditeur : George Smeeton. [1809]
Date d'édition : 1809
Reliure : Couverture rigide