English Language and Grammar

English Language and Grammar to include: Walker (William) A Treatise of English Particles Shewing Much of the Variety of their Significations and Uses in English, London: J. H. for E. Pawlett, 1706, 8vo, 13th edition, contemporary panelled calf with red morocco title label, additional engraved title 'A New Dictionary of English Particles ...', 1 page of publisher's advertisements; Johnson (Richard), Grammatical Commentaries: being an apparatus to a new National Grammar: by way of Animadversion ..., London: for the author and sold by Samuel Ballard, 1718, 8vo, panelled calf with red morocco title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, 1 fold out table, errata leaf; [Grose (Francis)] A Classical DIctionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: for S. Hooper, 1788, 8vo, half roan and marbled boards, second edition, bound with two other titles: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence, London: C. Chappel, 1811 and A Provincial Glossary with a collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions, London: Edward Jefferey, 1811; Egan (Pierce) Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: for the Editor, 1823, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, later rebound with gilt lettered spine, marbled endpapers with bookplate for Michael Lord Sandys (4)

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