Vocabulum; or, The Rogue's Lexicon. George Matsell. First Edition ~ 1859
Matsell was New York City police chief and the initial aim of The Rogue's Lexicon was for his detectives, but he was not unaware of the works value to linguists. This was for quite some time the first such dictionary published in the U.S. and records hundreds of words for the first time. It was used by Scorsese to inform the patter of the characters in Gangs of New York Size: Octavo (8vo). Satisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!
