The Vulgar Tongue: Comprising Two Glossaries Of Slang, Cant, And Flash Words And Phrases, Principally Used In London At The Present Day

Ducange, Anglicus

Bernard Quaritch, 2019

[A Rare and Quite Remarkable Dictionary of London Slang]  Hardcover. Spine taped. Original boards. Library stamps and markings. Some of the prelims loose.  [4], 46, 6 pages ; 17 cm. A dictionary of slang words and phrases, collected in London, 1856 and 1857 ; A dictionary of the flash or cant language; The leary man, a flash song; A tailor's handbill, in slang, with translation. 

"The first Glossary is entirely original;--the second the editor has reprinted from a Report presented in 1839 to the Government."--Preface;  "The edition has been confined to 250 copies."--Preface