Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs … in a letter from Samuel Pegge … to which is added a supplement to Grose's "Provincial Glossary"

Pegge, Samuel

Published by J.B. Nichols and Son, London, 1844

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Third edition, "enlarged and corrected," 8vo, pp. xx, 410; spine a little faded and chipped at ends, else very good in original blind-stamped green cloth, yellow glazed endpapers; late 19th-century bookseller's description mounted on front pastedown. "The present edition is enriched by a biographical notice of Mr. Pegge, from the pen of his friend, Mr. Nichols, and by the insertion of several papers formerly included in the Anecdotes of Old Times." Vancil, p. 189; Kennedy 391. Seller Inventory # 44561

Bibliographic Details

Title: Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly ...

Publisher: J.B. Nichols and Son, London

Publication Date: 1844

Binding: Hardcover