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1. Lexicon Balatronicum: a Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence
by Grose, Captain Francis
Seller Description: Good. 22 x 14 cm. 8vo. viii [224]pp. (A4 B-P8). 3/4 tan pig leather with marble boards, endpapers, and page edges. Black leather spine label. Originally published as "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785) this edition is "considerably altered and enlarged by "a member of the Whip Club". Scuffing and rubbing to the leather. First page gathering is nearly detached. Lacking half-title page. Previous owner's bookplate (James King Fesler) on front free endpaper. Does not have the ... See More Details
1811, C. Chappel
3/4 leather, Good
Saint Paul, MN, USA
$205.00
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2. Lexicon Balatronicum: a Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence
by Captain Francis Grose
Seller Description: None. Near Fine. A wonderful example of the first retitled edition of Grose's colourful dictionary of slang and vulgar language, in a full morocco binding from Maltby's of Oxford. A first edition thus, being the retitled and expanded edition of Francis Grose's 'A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue', which was published under that title in 1785. Â The 'Lexicon Balatronicum' expanded on Grose"s work with additional entries and was intended to preserve the language of the streets, taverns, ... See More Details
1811, C. Chappel; J. Johnston
Leather, Very Good
BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM
$781.40
