{"product_id":"vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-george-matsell-first-edition-1859","title":"Vocabulum; or, The Rogue's Lexicon. George Matsell. First Edition ~ 1859","description":"\u003cp\u003eVocabulum; or, The Rogue's Lexicon. George Matsell. First Edition ~ 1859\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatsell was New York City police chief and \u003cbr\u003ethe initial aim of The Rogue's Lexicon was for his detectives, but he \u003cbr\u003ewas not unaware of the works value to linguists. This was for quite some\u003cbr\u003e time the first such dictionary published in the U.S. and records \u003cbr\u003ehundreds of words for the first time. It was used by Scorsese to inform \u003cbr\u003ethe patter of the characters in Gangs of New York Size: Octavo (8vo).\u003cbr\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSatisfaction guaranteed or you can send it back!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LaCava Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48510186782875,"sku":"EBAY-354986732721","price":329.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/7705\/6411\/files\/57_c2681cc3-590d-4272-a916-cdd2ef61efd2.jpg?v=1778113457","url":"https:\/\/lacavararebooks.com\/products\/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-george-matsell-first-edition-1859","provider":"LaCava Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}