Argot and slang: a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris
London: privately printed at the Chiswick Press, by C. Whittingham and Co., 1887. First edition, square 8vo, pp. lxxxiv, 495, [1]; engraved frontispiece by Godefroy Durand; text in double column; contemporary three-quarter maroon morocco, spine rather worn and faded, accession number neatly obscured on spine; some scuffing; very good. Printed in a small but unspecified edition at The Chiswick Press. Entries in French with English equivalents. The frontal matter is extensive, with a list of authorities consulted, historical introduction, canting samples from the 15th to the 19th century, and the long "Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language." The book was reprinted in 1907. Item #44525
Price: $300.00
