A Glossary Or Collection Of Words Phrases Names And Allusions To Customs Proverbs C Which Have Been

by Robert Nares

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First edition

London: Robert Triphook, 1822. First edition, 4to, pp. viii, 583, 2 ; text in double column; mid-19th century contemporary full calf by Carss of Glasgow with ticket on front pastedown , with elaborate blind roll border on covers, intricate blindstamped spine with tulip motif, sprinkled edges; a very good, sound copy. The only edition in quarto, many times reprinted in 2 volumes octavo. The work has been described by Halliwell and Wright as indispensable to

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