Poor Robin's jests: or, The compleat jester : Being a collection of several jests not heretofore published. Now newly composed and written by that well-known gentleman, Poor Robin, knight of the burnt island, and well-willer to the mathematicks. Together with the true and lively effigies of the said author. Licensed Feb. 2. 1666. Roger L'Estrange.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Poor Robin.

Contributor:

Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2142:24.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--Early works to 1800.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 150+ pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Other Title:

Compleat jester

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Francis Kirkman and Richard Head, [1667]

Notes:

William Winstanley is usually credited with authorship of the Poor Robin pamphlets (cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints).

Publication date from Wing.

Imperfect; stained and tightly bound; all after p. 140 lacking; pp. 141-150 appear from a different work entirely; caption title reads: The universal jester: or, A compeat book of jests.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1992. 1 microfilm reel 35mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 2142:24)). s1992 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) W3075A

OCLC:

55725003