Lexicon balatronicum : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791 (Compiler), Clarke, Hewson, 1787-1832? (Editor), Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
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Description
Item Description:Edited by Hewson Clarke; front. by George Cruikshank.
Originally published as: A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (London : S. Hooper, 1785).
The Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell copy is wanting the folding frontispiece by Cruikshank.
Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell Collection by The Cushing Library.
The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:viii, 224 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 22 cm
Also issued online.