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

by Francis Grose

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

London: printed for S. Hooper, 1790. 12mo, pp. viii, 324 ; 57, 3 ; including the glossary, supplement, proverbs, and superstitions, includes 1 leaf of Hooper ads for other Grose titles; contemporary full speckled calf, red morocco label chipped, causing loss of 10 letters , upper joint starting, lower joint cracked, spine ends rubbed and chipped; a good copy. First published in 1787, this is the second edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. Alston IX,

• Binding: Leather

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