Blackguardiana: Or, A Dictionary Of Rogues, Baws, Pimps…

Posted on October 31, 2025 by km55

Title: Blackguardiana: or, A dictionary of rogues, baws, pimps, whores, pickpockets, shoplifters, mail-robbers, coiners, house-breakers, murderers, pirates, gipsies, mountebanks, &C. &c. : Illustrated with eighteen portraits of the most remarkable professors in every species of villainy. Interspersed with many curious anecdotes, cant terms, flash songs, &c., the whole intended to put society on their guard against depredators; and was picked up by an inhabitant of St. James’s, who was a spectator of a grand scuffle, on a Birth-day night. Copied for the inspection of the curious; and the original ready to be returned (on describing the binding, &c.) to the loser.
Author: Caulfield, James, 1764-1826
Published: London, 1793?

78 793 C372

Acquired November 2024

Der getreue englische Wegweiser, oder

Posted on November 30, 2022 by km55

book, printed text

The true English guide for Germans

Author: König, Johann, author.
Uniform Title: [Volkommener englische Wegweiser für Hoch-Teutsche]
Title: Der getreue englische Wegweiser, oder: Gründliche Anweisung zur englischen Sprache für die Deutschen. Worinn enthalten 1. Eine neue und nützliche Grammatik; 2. Ein vollständiges und wohleingerichtetes Wörterbuch; 3. Besondere Redensarten; 4. Eine Sammlung verschiedener Sprüchwörter; 5. Freundschaftliche Gespräche; 6. Eine Sammlung auserlesener Briefe; 7. Eine historische Beschreibung von der Pracht und Herrlichkeit der Stadt London. 8. Eine Anweisung zu den Aufschriften und Anreden in englischen Briefen. / Zuerst herausgegeben von Johann König, englischen Sprachmeistern in London, Anjetzo aber mit vielen nützlichen Vermehrungen und Verbesserungen zum achtenmal neu aufgelegt. Mit Churfürstl. Sächss. gnädigsten Privilegio.
Publication: Leipzig : Bey Christian Gottlob Hilschern, 1768.

78 768 K78

Acquired May 2021

Posted on February 9, 2021 by km55

Author: Potts, Thomas, 1778-1842.
Title: The British farmer’s cyclopaedia, or, Complete agricultural dictionary … / Embellished with forty-two engravings.
Publication: London : Printed by W. Flint for Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-maria-Lane, and M. Jones, No. 1 Paternoster-Row, 1807.

69 807 P871

Acquired June 2020

Posted on April 19, 2016 by km55

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“A collection of songs in the canting dialect”

Title: A new canting dictionary : comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains : interspersed with proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c. … : with a preface, giving an account of the original, progress, &c. of the canting crew, and recommending methods for diminishing these varlets, by better employment of the poor : to which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect.
Published: London : Printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1725.

78 725 N45

Acquired January 2016

Posted on September 12, 2011 by km55

New and easy grammar of the English tongue for the Italians.

Author: Barker, Edward, carmelite.
Title: Nuova e facile grammatica della lingua inglese per gl’italiani : arricchita di frasologia e dialoghi del molto reverendo padre Eduardo Barker carmelitano scalzo della provincia di Toscana.
Edition: Seconda edizione / corretta, ed accresciuta dall’autore.
Published: Firenze : Nella stamperia di Gio. Batista Stecchi e Anton-Guiseppe Pagani : si vende da Giovacchino Pagani, MDCCLXXI [1771].

Acquired July, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.