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

by Albert Barrère

$300 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

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

• Binding: Leather

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