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Description
- Essayes and Characters of a prison and prisoners. London: for Matthew Walbancke, 1638
- paper, ink, leather
4to (175 x 138 mm). Engraved title; mild spotting to last leaf. Red morocco by Sangorski.
Literature
STC 18320
Catalogue Note
Written while the author was serving a sentence for debt in the King's Bench prison in 1617, the work is key source for early cant and street slang.