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advantages in collecting and describing the Coins of the Mohammedan Rulers of India. His works are of the greatest historical value. For Mr. Thomas's edition of " PRINSEP'S Indian Antiquities” see ante, Class" Oriental Books." The great merits of Thomas's literary labours are pointed out in a Review [attributed to Professor MAX. MÜLLER] of that work in "The GUARDIAN, Oct. 20, 1858." The reviewer concludes by saying, “We hope that Mr. Thomas may continue his researches in the same spirit, and that, with the materials which he has collected, he will soon give us "Thomas's Indian Antiquities."'

5010 THESAURUS NUMISMATUM modernorum sive Numismata Mnemonica et Iconica, cum Supplementis, 1700-10, Latine et Germanice, very stout fol. frontispiece, and plates of 974 coins, etc. hf. vellum, 10s Nürnberg, 1711 5011 VAILLANT, Numismata Aerea Imperatorum Augustorum et Caesarum, in Coloniis, etc. ex omni modulo percussa, folio, cuts, calf, 10s Paris, 1688 Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum, a Julio Caesare ad Postumum usque, cum appendice a Postumo ad Constantinum, 3 vols. 4to. numerous plates of coins, old calf neat, 21s

5012

Roma, 1743

5013 VIGNOLII (J.) Antiquiores Pontificum Romanorum Denarii, cum notis B. Floravantis, small 4to. cuts of Coins, interleaved with writing paper, red morocco super extra, 20s Roma, 1734 5014 VOSSBERG, Geschichte der Preussischen Münzen und Siegel von frühester Zeit bis zum Ende der Herrschaft des Deutschen Ordens, 4to, 20 plates of Coins and Seals, hf. bd. calf, 10s Berlin, 1843 5015 WICZAY (C. M. a) Musei Hedervarii in Hungaria Numi antiqui Græci et Latini, 2 vols. royal 4to. LARGE PAPER, 44 plates, calf gilt, rare, 36s Vindobona, 1814 Mr. Brockett's copy sold for £7. 78. 5016 WILSON'S Ariana Antiqua: A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of AFGHANISTAN, with a Memoir on the Buildings called Topes, 4to. map and 36 fine plates of Bactrian Antiquities and Coins, cloth, £2. 2s

1841

The best account of Ancient Bactria, or Modern Afghanistan, of equal importance to the Scholar and to the Antiquary.

5017 NUMISMATIC TRACTS: A collection of 21 vols. and tracts, including Eckhel, Doctrina Numorum, Vol. I. Vindob. 1792; Schlaeger de Numo Hadriani, 1742; Carellii Numi veteres Italiae, Neap. 1812; Lajoy, Medailles de Cunobelinus, 1826; Akerman, Catalogue de Medailles, 1839; Pietraszewski, Numi Mohammedani, fasc. I. Berol. 1843; and several valuable Essays and Catalogues, fol. 4to. and 8vo. 20s 1742-1858 CURIOSA, EARLY PRINTED BOOKS. 5018 ENEE SILVII Senensis poetæ laureati imperialisque secretarii viri omnium facile præstantissimi rerum familiarum EPISTOLE PERAMENE, sm. folio, beautiful copy, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, £7. 7s Lovanii, J. de Westphalia, 1483 5019 ANTONINO DE JORDINE (Arziveschovo de Fiorenza) Medicina del Anima, uno tractato vulgare ossio confessionale, 4to. 192 pp. printed without pagination or catchword, very fine copy in russia, very rare, 30s Bononie, 1472 5020 BACONI Sermones ethici, politici, oeconomici, sive Interiora Rerum, cum Fabro Fortunae, Coloribus bonis et malis, etc. Lugd. Bat. 1644-Juris et Judicii Fecialis explicatio, ab R. Z., Hagae, 1659-2 vols. in 1, 16mo. vellum, 7s 1644-59 5021 BARCLAIUS. Euphormionis Lusini, sive Joannis Barclaii Satyricon, cum clavi; accessit Conspiratio Anglicana, stout 18mo. frontispiece, green morocco extra, gilt edges, 9s Lugd. Bat. Elzevir, 1637 Très-bel exemplaire de cette jolie édition Elzévirienne. 5022 BOSSUS (M.) de instituendo Sapientia Animo, sm. 4to. sound copy in russia, gilt edges, 258 Bononiae, 1495

"Mateo Bosso, by his worth and talents, conciliated the favour of Lorenzo de Medici. Not less conversant with the writings of the ancient philosophers than with the theological studies of his own times, Bosso was a profound scholar, a close reasoner, and a convincing orator."—Roscoe. His books are both scarce and held in high estimation. 5023 CHAMPIER SIMPHORIANI, Opera: s. liber de quadruplici vita. Theologia Asclepii hermetis trismegisti discipuli c. commentar. Ejusd. Silvae medicinales de simplicibus c. nonnullis add.-Tropheum Gallorum quadrupl. eorund. compl. historiam de ingressu Ludovici XII. in urbem Genuam.-De ejusd. victoria in Genuen. Regum Francorum genealogia. De claris Lugdunensib., de Gallorum scriptorib. de gallis summis pontificib. etc. etc. 2 tomi in 1 vol. high 4to. a very beautiful copy, bright old calf gilt, 30s

Lugduni, St. gueynard et Jac. huyuetan, arte et industr. Jannot de campis, 1507

5024 COLLECTION DE POESIES, Romans, Chroniques, etc. publiée d'après d'anciens MSS. et d'après des editions des XVe et XVIe Siècles, livraisons 1-14, 16mo. LETTRES GOTHIQUES, sd. uncut, £2. 15s Paris, Silvestre, 1838-42 5025 CRONICA van der hilliger Stat van Coellen, in the COLOGNE dialect, folio, many coloured woodcuts, poor copy, hf. bd. £2. Cöllen, Kölhoff, 1499 5026 CRYPTOGRAPHIE (la) ou l'Art d'écrire en Chiffres, 24mo. papier vélin, orné de chiffres et caractères gravés exprès, sd. 1s Paris, 1858 5027 DONDIS PADUANUS (Jac. de) Aggregatio medicamentorum seu de medicinis simplicibus, large folio, in the original hogskin binding, uncut, £4.

s. l. e. a. (Argentorati, J. Mentelin, ca. 1740)

"Bibliographi etiam praestantiores de hac editione nullam habuisse notitiam videntur, ex quo ejusdem insignis raritas satis patet." Braun. not. lit. Brunet voll. II. pag. 124. Ebert. Explr. magnificentiss. maximae impress. chartæ.

5028 DREAM BOOK. L'Onéirocritie ou l'Art d'expliquer les Songes, avec un Dictionnaire des Songes, 24mo. sd. 1s Paris, 1858 5029 FRANGIDELPHE, Escorche-messes (Th. de Beze) Histoire de la Mappemonde PAPISTIQUE, en laquelle est declaré tout ce qui est contenu et pourtraict en la grande table ou carte de la mappemonde, 4to. original limp vellum, fine copy, £2.10s Genève, Brifaud Chasse-Diable, 1567 "Satire violente contre la Cour de Rome, les exemplaires en sont rares et recherchés.”—Brunet. 5030 FROISSART (Sire Jehan) Croniques de France, d'Angleterre, d'Escoce, d'Espaigne, de Bretaigne, de Gascongne, de Flandres et lieux circonvoisins, 4 vols. in 3, sm. folio, Black letter, very fine sound copy, old calf gilt, £11. Paris, F. Regnauld et A. Verard, 1518 With the book-plate of the Honourable John Haldane of Gleneagles, 1707. A copy was priced, 1840, Payne and Foss, £12. 128. 5031 FROMMENT, les Actes et Gestes merveilleux de la cité de GENEVE, nouvellement convertie à l'Evangille, redigez en fourme de Chroniques, commencant 1532; mis en lumière par Revilliod, 8vo. xxxii, 250 and ccxvi pp. numerous Etchings, printed on COLOURED PAPER, vellum, uncut, 32s

Geneve, 1854

5032 GARIN (G.) Complainte et Enseignements, small 4to. reprinted in Black letter, (only 100 copies taken off), green morocco, gilt edges, with broad tooled borders, by Hayday, 20s Paris, 1832 5033 GENNARI (G.) Annali della Citta di Padova, 2 vols. in 1, 4to. the only copy printed on large thick blue paper, done expressly for the Count Tomitano, with his autograph, vellum, uncut, £4. Bassano, 1804 5034 GUYSE, Illustrations de la Gaulle Belgique, Antiquitez du Pays de Haynnau et de la grande Cité de Belges a present dicte Bavay, 3 vols. in 1, folio, Icttres gothiques, very fine copy in calf, £3. Paris, Gaillot du Pré, 1531 Previously priced £4. 108. The Illustrations of Belgium is a very interesting Chronicle, including a full view of the Early English history as collected by a foreigner, who tells all from hearsay; it is entertaining, and on many points interesting."-MS. Note on fly-leaf. 5035 HELDENBUCH, Darinn viel seltzamer Geschichten und Kurtzweilige Historien, von den grossen Helden und Rysen, &c. small 4to. Black letter, curious woodcuts, vellum, very fine copy, £3. Franckfort-am-Mayn, S. Feyrabend, 1590 This large edition of poetical Romances has become scarce. 5036 HERP (Hen.) Speculum Aureum decem præceptorum Dei, stout folio, Capitals rubricated, Gothic letter, a fine copy from Mallinkrot's Collection, with his auto_graph signature, old gilt calf, £2. Moguntiæ, P. Schoyffer, de Gernsheyn, 1474 5037 LIPPAI, Kelazione di un meraviglioso avvenimento successo in Possonio ò Presburg in Ungheria d'un' anima del Purgatorio, sm. 4to. 16 pp. sd. very curious, 78 6d Fiorenza, 1643 5038 LULLI (Raymundi) Opera, ea quæ ad artem adinventam ab ipso, scientiarum brevi compendio firmaque memoria appræhendarum, in sex partibus: Ars brevis, de Kabbala, principia, Dialectica, Rhetorica, Ars magna-Commentarii Jordani Bruni, Agrippa, et Valerii de Valeriis opus aureum-in 1 vol. very stout 12mo. 1130 pp. old calf, rare, 20s Argentorati, 1609 5039 MEMO (Giovan Maria) della Sostanza et forma del Mondo, sm. 4to. cuts, red morocco, gilt edges, fine copy, 20s Venetia, G. de Farri, 1545

5040 MERLINI COCAII poetae Macaronicorum opus, 18mo. many quaint woodcuts, very fine copy in russia, 10s

Venet. 1585

5041 MES FLORIDO, historico Mariano, para cultivar la devocion a Maria nuestra Señora, 12mo. velvet binding, curious, 5s

All publications from the Philippine Islands are rare.

Neapoli, 1602

Manila, 1754 5042 MEURSII Elegantiae Latini Sermonis, 2 vols. in 1, 12mo. best edition, calf extra, 36s Lugd. Bat. 1774 5043 PEUCERUS de praecipuis Divinationum generibus, in quo a prophetiis et a physicis conjecturis discernuntur Artes Diabolicae ; de Astrologia, Magia, Somniis, Incantationibus, Oraculis, etc. st. sm. 8vo. vellum, 15s Servestae, 1591 5044 PHALARIDIS Tyranni Agrigentini Epistolae, cum prohemio Fr. Arhetini, smallest 4to. 66 pp. without pagination, signatures, or catchwords, fine copy, blue morocco extra, gilt edges, 16s (s. l. c. a. 1480) 5045 PORTA (J. B.) de Furtivis Literarum notis, vulgo "Ziferis," sm. folio, with curious complications of Letters, slightly wormed, vellum, 20s 5046 REINEKE FUCHS in German, 3 vols. in 1, 18mo. many quaint woodcuts, vellum, 78 6d Rostock, 1662 5047 REISCH (Greg.) Margarita Philosophica, totius philosophiæ rationalis naturalis et moralis principia duodecim libris dialogice complectens, sm. stout 4to. fine woodcuts, old calf gilt, 21s Argent. 1504 "Ouvrage singulier et fort bien exécuté, tant pour le typographique que pour les figures gravées en bois qui s'y trouvent en assez grand nombre, &c."- Brunet. In all the 12 subsequent editions to 1535, the first part of the title was left out. "This work has exercised a great influence upon the spreading of mathematical and physical knowledge, and Chasles has proved the importance of Reisch's Encyclopædia for the History of the Mathematical Sciences."-A. von Humboldt. 5048 RENVERSEMENT de la Morale chrétienne par les désordres du Monachisme, enrichi de figures. On les Vend en Hollande, chez les marchands libraires et imagers, avec privilége d'Innocent II. deux parties en 1 vol. 4to. 51 Heads of Monks, each of them expressing very characteristically a Monkish vice, a good copy, in old Dutch calf, £2. 28 Holland, circa 1650

White Knights' copy fetched £3. 58; Brockett's, £3. 138 6d.

Livre de la plus grande rareté, qui contient 51 planches, y compris le frontispiece. Ces figures, gravés à la manière noire, sont on ne peut plus grotesques, et au bas de chacune d'elles se trouve un quatrain satirique. Ce livre contient, en outre, une préface de 14 pages très curieuse. 5049 ROMANS de Chevalerie, en Prose: Conquêtes du grand Charlemagne, Roi de France-Histoire des nobles Prouesses et Vaillances de Gallien restauré,-—in 1 vol. sm. 4to. hf. bd. 20s Montbelliard, s. a. (? 1820) These popular Romances are rapidly rising in price. 5050 ROSVITH. Poésies latines de Rosvith, religieuse saxonne du xe siècle, avec une traduction libre en vers français, par Vignan, Rétif de la Bretonne, large 8vo. hf. bd. red morocco, uncut, 8s Paris, 1854 5051 ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Pettingall (J.) Dissertation on the Original of the Equestrian Figure of the George and the Garter, cuts, but imperfect, n. d.— St. George and Dragon, Anglice, Mercurius Poeticus, to the Tune of "the Old Souldjour of the Queens," &c. a curious broadside of 20 verses, n. d.-St. George and the Dragon, a single sheet song, J. Turner, Coventry-St. George, Chief Champion of England, a curious large woodcut, with 28 lines (in verse) under, AN EXTREMELY RARE BROADSIDE, &c. Aldermary Churchyard, 25s 5052 SCHILDTBERGER. Ein wunderbarliche und kurzweilige History, wie Schildtberger aus München von d. Türcken in die Heydenschafft geführt und wieder heimkommen ist, sm. 4to. a popular Chap-book, title mended, with many quaint woodcuts of Eastern adventures, bds. 16s Frankfurdt, Weygandt Han. 1650 5053 SPELEN VAN SINNE Vol scoone moralisacien wtleggingen ende bediedenissen op alle loeflycke consten: ghespeelt binnen der stadt van Andtwerpen op d'landtjuweel by die veerthien cameren van Rhetorycken die hen daer ghepresenteert hebben den derden augusti int jaer ons heeren M. D. LXI. op die questie: Wat den mensch aldermeest tot conste verwect, stout sm, 4to. many curious woodcuts, very beautiful copy, Dutch calf gilt, £5. 10s Antwerpen, Silvius, 1562

Tres-bel exemplaire de cette édition rare et recherchée. 5054 THOISON DOR, compose par reverend pere en Dieu Guillaume [Fillastre] jadis evesque de Tournay, 2 vols. in 1, folio, woodcuts, Black letter, very slightly wormed, with the device of J. Petit, old calf, tall copy, £2. Troyes, par M. Le Rouge, 1530 Into this account of the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Author has introduced a Romance

of Jason and Medea. Lord Rothesay's copy, fetched, 1855, £6. 10s.

5055 TAGLIENTE (G. A.) la vera Arte de lo excellente Scrivere diverse varie Sorti di Litere, small 4to. a most curious book, printed in an immense variety of Letters apparently imperfect, vellum, 20s Venegia, 1547-8 5056 THOMPSON, les Saisons, poëme, traduit de l'anglais (par Mme. Bontemps) 8vo. beautifully printed on LARGE BLUE PAPER, cf. extra, gt. edges, 30s Par. Didot, 1795 Very few copies were printed on Blue Paper.

5057 VAN DALE. Histoire des Seigneurs de GAVEES, Roman du XV. siècle exactement semblable au manuscrit original, royal 4to. ornée de 96 desseins et lettrines coloriées, reproduit par Kreins, avec introd. et glossaire par Gachet, hf. calf, uncut, 36s Bruxelles, 1835

A Facsimile edition of a Mediæval Romance; the numerous Illuminations are very quaint, and perfectly resemble the original Drawings. 5058 VANINI (Jul. Cæs.) Amphitheatrum æternæ providentia divino-magicum, christiano-physicum, nec non astrologo-catholicum adversus veteres Philosophos, Atheos, Epicureos, Peripaticas et Stoicos, small 8vo. red morocco, gold borders, scarce, 16s Lugd. 1615 5059 VERGILII (Polydori) de Rerum inventoribus libri VIII. et de Prodigiis libri III. 12mo. engraved title, a portrait inserted, vellum, uncut, 21s Amst. Elz. 1671 5060 VINCENTII BELUACENSIS Liber Gratia, Laudes Virginis Mariæ, Liber de S. Johanne Evangelista, Tractatus de Eruditione Filiorum Regalium et Consolatio super Morte Amici, folio, fine copy in old French citron morocco, gilt edges, Basilea, J. de Amerbach, 1481 5061 VOCABULARIUS breviloquus, cum arte dipthongandi et accentuandi, stout folio, Gothic letters, fine copy in old calf, 258 Argentina, 1489 5062 Proverbs. BELLINGEN l'etymologie ou explication des Proverbes François, divisée en trois livres, par chapitre en forme de dialogue, 12mo. original binding, 20s La Haye, Ad. Vlacq. 1656 Volume peu commun et très-recherché. Vendu jusqu'à 38 fr. 50 c. Labédoyère. 5063 CAHIER (Le P. Ch. de la Compagnie de Jésus) Quelques six mille Proverbes et Aphorismes usuels empruntés à notre âge et aux siècles derniers, stout small 8vo. Paris, 1858

VERY SCARCE, £2. 2s

sd. 3s

Jésus vélin de près de 600 pages, Division de l'ouvrage : Proverbes français russes, chinois, indiens, arabes, juifs, turcs, italiens, avec le texte, espagnols avec le texte, flamands avec le texte, allemands avec le texte, anglais avec le texte, écossais avec le texte. Axiomes et formules de philosophie scolastique, texte latin. Axiome de droit, texte latin. 5064 COLLINS' Dictionary of SPANISH PROVERBS, compiled from the best authorities in the Spanish Language, translated into English, with explanatory illustrations from the Latin, Spanish, and English Authors, sm. 8vo. 302 pp. cl. 8s 1828

"I am of opinion, Sancho, that there is no Proverb which is not true, because they are all sentences drawn from experience itself, the Mother of all the Sciences."-Don Quixote, part I. cap. 21. 5065 CRAPELET, Proverbes et Dictons Populaires, avec les Dits du Mercier et des Marchands, et les Crieries de Paris, aux XIIIe et XIVe Siècles, par G. A. Crapelet, impl. 8vo. PAPIER D'HOLLANDE, facsimiles, bds. 25s Paris, 1831 5066 DAVIS (Sir John F.) Chinese Novels, translated from the originals, to which are added Proverbs and Moral Maxims, 8vo. cloth, 5s 1822 5067 Chinese Moral Maxims, with a free and verbal translation, affording examples of the grammatical structure of the Language, 8vo. cl. 7s 6d Macao, 1823 5068 DECIMATORIS SYLVA Vocabulorum et phrasium 8 linguarum, cum nominibus

Only 7 copies were printed on Large Dutch Paper.

deorum, hominum, urbium, regionum, fluviorum, &c.-MEGISERI PAROEMIO-
LOGIA POLYGLOTTOS: Proverbia et Sententia complurium linguarum, ex fontibus
Hebraeicis, Graecis, Latinis, Italicis, Hispanicis, Gallicis, Germanicis, Belgicis,
Sclavonicis, Arabicis, Turcicis, aliarumque nationum, 3 vols. in 1, stout folio,
vellum, 158
Lipsia, 1605-6

5069 FLORIATI Proverbiorum trilinguium Collectanea, Latina, Itala et Hispana, sm. 4to. 340 pp. vellum, clean copy, 32s Napolis, 1636

This very choice collection of Italian and Spanish Proverbs is unknown to Nopitsch and other bibliographers. 5070 FLORILEGIUM magnum, seu Polyantheae floribus novissimis sparsae, opus suavissimis sententiis, vel Graecarum, vel Latinarum flosculis refertum, a Mirabellio, Amantio et Tortio collectum, a Langio dispositum et Adagiis, Apophthegmatis etc. locupletatum, ed. Sylvius, 2 vols. folio, calf, 188 Francofurti, 1628

5071 FLORIO (Giov.) Giardino di Recreatione, nel quale crescono flori e frutti, etc. sotto

nome di Sei Mila Proverbij, smallest 4to. blue mor. extra, gt. edges, 32s Lond. 1591 "Vend. Roscoe, £3. 17s."-Brunet. "Bought at M. Duplessis's sale at Paris in 1855. It is mentioned by Duplessis as one of the richest collections of Italian Proverbs. It is certainly one of the rarest, as I have never seen another copy."-W. S.

5072 KELLY'S collection of Scottish Proverbs, explained to the English Reader, 12mo. bds. 78

1818

5073 MATINÉES Sénonoises, ou Proverbes Français, 8vo. 548 pp. calf neat, 9s Sens, 1789 5074 MEYER, Dictionnaire des Proverbes Danois: Ord- Bcg over Danske Ordsprog, 4to. Danish and French, calf neat, 18s Copenhague, 1757 5075 NUNEZ (H.) Refranes o Proverbios en Castellano, por el orden Alfabetico, revistos y enmendados por Luis de Leon, 4 vols. 16mo. calf, 30s Madrid, 1804 "Cette dernière edition renferme de nombreuses augmentations." Brunet.

5077 5078

7076 OUDIN Refranes Castellanos: Proverbes espagnols et français, 12mo. cf. 78 1609 another edition, with " Cartas en Refranes de Blasco de Garay," 18mo. vellum, 10s Brux. 1612 Refranes o Proverbios Castellanos, traduzidos en Lengua Francesa, Spanish and French, 18mo half calf, 88 Paris, 1659 5079 PÉREZ DE HERRERA (Christ.) Proverbios Morales y consejos Christianos, small 4to. woodcuts, fine copy of a scarce edition of Spanish Poems, bds. £2. 1733 5080 PESCETTI (Orlando) Proverbi Italiani-Proverbi Italiani et Latini per uso de fanciulli-in 1 vol. 18mo. vellum, fine copy, 21s Verona, 1602 5081 RAMPOLDI Proverbi e Sentenze Proverbiali, 18mo. 562 pp. sewed, 4s Milano, 1852 5082 SORAPAN de Rieros (Dr. Juan) Medicina Española, contenida en Proverbios vulgares de nostra Lengua, stout small 4to. vellum, rare, 32s Madrid, 1616 5083 SPRICHWÖRTER, das ist, schöne, weise und kluge Reden, darinnen Teutscher unnd anderer Spraachen Höflicheit, Zier, höchste Vernunfft und Klugheit gespürt und begriffen, stout 16mo. hf. calf, 6s Franckfurt, 1591 5084 TUINMAN, de Oorsprong en Uitlegging van Nederduitsche Spreekwoorden, 2 vols. in 1, with Supplements of Weather Proverbs, the School of Salerno, etc. stout sm. 4to. vellum, fine copy, 15s Middelburg, 1726-27 5085 VASSALLI, Motti, Aforismi e Proverbii Maltesi raccolti ed interpretati con note filologiche, 8vo. bds. 8s Malta, 1828

5086 Drummond's Noble British Families, with their

Genealogies and Biographical Notices of the most distinguished Individuals in each, illustrated with PORTRAITS, Views, Armorial Bearings, Monuments, Seals, etc. (THE ARMS AND PORTRAITS MOST BEAUTIFULLY COLOURED, MANY LIKE MINIATURES), compiled and edited by HENRY DRUMMOND, Esq., M.P., 2 vols. impl. folio, (published at the expense of the Author at £25. 4s) hf. bd. morocco, gilt tops, a very handsome and interesting book; the portraits, taken from original paintings, display a fine series of British Worthies in the Costume of the time, £7. 108 1842

This superb work, in the style of "Litta Famiglie Italiane," comprises the following Histories of Noble British Families: The Family of Ashburnham-The Family of Arden and Compton-The Family of Cecil-The Family of Harley-The Family of Bruce-The Family of Perceval-The Family of Dunbar, Hume, and Dundas-The Family of Drummond-The Family of Neville. All richly illustrated with Portraits, Arms, Pedigrees, etc.

5087 Ducange Anglicus : THE VULGAR TONGUE, comprising Two Glossaries of Slang, Cant, and Flash Words and Phrases, principally used in London at the present day, 1 vol. 16mo. morocco back, gilt tops, uncut, 48

1857

"Now that Slang is everywhere fashionable,-in the street, on the platform, in the drawing-room -this curious little handbook of The Vulgar Tongue' cannot fail of success. Our fair readers who wish to captivate our bold sex may here find the prettiest phrases, and our country cousins who would perfect themselves in the flash words principally used in London,' as now and then made public through the medium of those very interesting police reports, cannot do better than nab the chance' and buy this'leary little book.'"-Athenæum, Jan. 1, 1859.

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