[CAULFIELD, James]. Blackguardiana: or, a Dictionary of Rogues, Bawds, Pimps, Whores, Pickpockets....Interspersed with many curious anecdotes, cant terms, flash songs... N.p., n.d. [ca. 1800, the plates are dated 1793 in many cases]. 8o (210 x 120 mm.) 18 curious mezzotint and engraved portraits "of the most remarkable professors in every species of villainy" (some light scattered spotting, clean tear to first page of preface repaired. Early 19th-century calf, handsomely rebacked (edges worn). An appropriately pirated edition and apparently as scarce as the true first, the dictionary is a compendium of slang used by criminals, mountebanks and all manner of "damned odd characters" as well as an account of those characters' exploits. Allston IX, 326. SCARCE.