Robert Greene, A Notable Discovery of Cosenage (1591)
Date
1591
Author
Robert
Greene
Note: 30/09/2005
Lexicon title
A Table of the words of art, vsed in the effecting these base villanies. Wherein is discouered the nature of euery terme, beeing proper to none but the professors therof
Book title
A Notable Discouery of Coosenage. Now daily practised by sundry lewd persons, called Connie-catchers, and Crosse-byters. Plainely laying open those pernicious sleightes that hath brought many ignorant men to confusion. Written for the general benefit of all Gentlemen, Cittizens, Aprentises, Countrey Farmers and yoemen, that may hap to fall into the company of such cossening companions. With a delightfull discourse of the coosenage of Colliers
Publication place
London
Printer
John Wolf
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Transcription source
EEBO (Henry E. Huntington Library). An EEBO/TCP transcription is also available
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
canting
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
C4
Word-group
type: topical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: 1. High Law. Robbing by the high way side.
sample: 1. High Law. Robbing by the high way side.
Alston
IX.222
Schafer
1591 G
STC
12279.4
Catalog
Allison, Anthony F. Robert Greene 1558-1592: A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Early Editions in English (To 1640). Pall Mall Bibliographies, 4. Folkestone, Kent: n.p., 1975.
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Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 11872. view record
Kennedy, Arthur Garfield. A Bibliography on Writings on the English Language from the Beginning of Printing to the End of 1922. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1927. 11872. view record
Modern editions
Grosart, Alexander B., ed. The Life and Works of Robert Greene. 15 vols. London: n.p., 1881-86.
Vol. 10 (1883)
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Greene, Robert. A Notable Discovery of Coosenage, 1591. The second part of conny-catching, 1592. Ed. G. B. Harrison. London: J. Lane, 1923. view record
Greene, Robert. A Notable Discovery of Coosenage, 1591. The second part of conny-catching, 1592. Ed. G. B. Harrison. London: J. Lane, 1923. view record
Criticisms
Gotti, Maurizio. The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds: 17th and 18th Century Canting Lexicography in England. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1999.
25-26.
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Johnson, Francis R. "The Editions of Robert Greene's Three Parts of 'Conny-catching': A Bibliographical Analysis." 5th series. The Library 9 (1954): 17-24. view record
Coleman, Julie. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Vol. I: 1567-1784. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 142-47. view record
Johnson, Francis R. "The Editions of Robert Greene's Three Parts of 'Conny-catching': A Bibliographical Analysis." 5th series. The Library 9 (1954): 17-24. view record
Coleman, Julie. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Vol. I: 1567-1784. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 142-47. view record
