Andrewes (George) A Dictionary of the Slang and Cant Languages: Ancient and Modern, hand-coloured linen-backed folding etching by George Cruikshank, trimmed, occasionally touching headline, evenly browned, later half-calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, small 8vo, [c.1809].*** Scarce. Library Hub lists only one at the University of Cambridge, Trinity College. The author wrote this work so that thieves could be understood by the general public, he states that "one great misfortune to which the Public are liable, is, that Thieves have a language of their own; by which means they associate together in the streets, without fear of being over-heard or understood. "