A GLOSSARY OF OBSCURE WORDS AND PHRASES in the WRITINGS OF SHAKSPEARE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES TRACED ETYMOLOGICALLY TO THE ANCIENT LANGUAGE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE AS SPOKEN BEFORE THE IRRUPTION OF THE DANES AND SAXONS. by CHARLES MACKAY, SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, AND RIVINGTON, LONDON, 1887.
 
Glossary
Vintage from the 1880s
 
Brown hardcover with gilt title and brown endpapers. Lightly rubbed edges and mild frays to the extremities. Text block secure overall with some binding cracks and clean pages. About 9 x 6 with 455 pages plus 32 pages of ads. Scarce!