The Ricky Jay Collection
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Lot 281
POTTER, Humphrey Tristram (1747 – 90). A New Dictionary of …
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POTTER, Humphrey Tristram (1747 ? 90). A NEW DICTIONARY OF ALL THE CANT AND FLASH LANGUAGES. [London]: Printed for W. Mackintosh and sold by J. Downes, 240 Temple Bar, ca. 1797. Peach boards over cloth spine lettered in black. [i ? iii], iv, [5], 6 ? 62. Foxed. A scarce reissue of Potter?s work on the language of the underworld, issued posthumously and defining ancient and modern slang of ?gipsies, beggars, swindlers, shoplifters, peterers, starrers, footpads, highwaymen, sharpers, and every class of offenders, from a lully prigger to a high tober gloak.?
