D'HAUTEL, Charles Louis - Dictionnaire du bas-langage, ou des manières de parler usitées parmi le peuple; ouvrage dans lequel on a réuni les expressions proverbiales, figurées et triviales; les sobriquets, termes ironiques et facétieux; les barbarismes, solécismes; et généralement les locutions basses et vicieuses que l'ont doit rejeter de la bonne conversation.

Paris: Léopold Collin, 1808. 8vo. 2 vols. Vol. 1: [4], iv, 412p. Vol. 2: [4], 398p.19th-century green calf, covers decorated with a gilt border; rebacked to match and corners repaired; marbled endpapers; gilt turn-ins. Imprint of vol. 2: Paris: D'Hautel; F. Schoell, 1808. Offsetting of paper bookmarks(?) on half-title of vol. 1 and on title-page of vol. 2. Ownership inscription 'ex libris M. le Duc de Feltre' on half-title of vol. 1.

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