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A banquet of jests and merry tales / by Archie Armstrong, court jester to King James I and King Charles I, 1611-1637 ; in the original quaint spelling.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Collection PN6143 .B3 1889
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- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Banquet of jests.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor.
- Physical Description:
- 236 pages ; 21 cm
- Other Title:
- Archy's dream.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Hamilton, Adams & Co., 1889.
- Notes:
- The earliest editions appeared anonymously, making no mention of the jester's name, and its use in later editions may have been a mere trade device. cf. Pref., also pref. to ed. of 1872.
- Appendix (p. [277]-236): "Archy's dream ... printed in the year 1641."
- OCLC:
- 4480602
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