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BARRERE, ALBERT. 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, 1887. Thick 8vo, lxxxiv, 496pp, printed in double column, etched frontispiece. Roxburghe calf, cloth boards, slightly rubbed. Bookplate of J.A. Jamieson. ¶ First Edition, limited to 675 copies, this numbered 18 and signed by Barrere on a lithographic half-title. Includes extensive introductory material, with a list of authorities consulted, canting examples from the 15th to the 19th century, and the 'Autobiography of a Thief in Thieves' Language.' 'Although the French words come first, the definitions, which are in English, contain thousands of English slang synonyms. Barrère was an authority on many canting songs in English and French. There is a bibliography' (Burke p.2, citing the 1889 re-issue). Kennedy 2996.
Offered for US$ 300.00 by: Dailey Rare Books - Book number: 1665.