A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions

by Francis Grose

$450 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition

London: printed for S. Hooper, 1787. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 284 , 75, 1 , 4 ads; contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked with old spine label laid down, hinges strengthened; very good and sound. Includes separate sections on superstitious cures, fairies, omens portending death, magicians, witches, ghosts, etc. Alston IX, 58; Kennedy 10629; Vancil, p. 103. Item #64627

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