Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence ... with the modern changes and improvements by a member of the Whip-Club
first edition Original paste paper boards.
1811 · London
by [Grose, F Capt.]
London: C Chappel, 1811. First Edition under this title.. Original paste paper boards.. Good; spine partially abraded; somewhat toned; a bit loose in the casing.. 8vo, [iii] - viii, unpaginated dictionary (signed [A] - P).
Grose's famous slang dictionary appearing here under a new title and editorship with numerous additions. The book was previously printed in 1785, 1788, and 1796. Some copies were issued with a Cruikshank frontispiece depicting a raucous party with the participants speaking slang. The copy offered here has an 8 page insertion before the title of a review of slang dictionaries extracted from an unknown 1828 periodical. (Inventory #: 17000)
Grose's famous slang dictionary appearing here under a new title and editorship with numerous additions. The book was previously printed in 1785, 1788, and 1796. Some copies were issued with a Cruikshank frontispiece depicting a raucous party with the participants speaking slang. The copy offered here has an 8 page insertion before the title of a review of slang dictionaries extracted from an unknown 1828 periodical. (Inventory #: 17000)