Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence
By: Compiled originally by Captain Grose ; and now considerably altered and enlarged, with the modern changes and improvements, by a member of the Whip Club. Assisted by Hell-Fire Dick. And James Gordon, Esqrs. of Cambridge, and William Soames, Esq. of the Hon. Society of Newman's Hotel
Contributors: Member of the Whip Club; Hell-Fire Dick; Gordon, James, Esq; Soames, William, Esq; Clarke, Hewson, 1787-1832?; Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Publisher: Printed for C. Chappel ...
Published: 1811
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Dictionaries; English language; Slang
Work titles: Classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue
Notes: Edited by Hewson Clarke; front. by George Cruikshank.

Originally published as: A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (London : S. Hooper, 1785)

BM 93:87-88.

NUC pre-1956 220:6.

Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank no. 486.

Alston, R.C. Engl. language IX, 66, no. 324.

Copy 1 Note: Hand-bill, advertising 'Tom & Jerry', with glossary of cant phrases, bound in at end.