Joe Miller's jests, or, The wits vade-mecum : Being a collection of the most brilliant jests, the politest repartees, the most elegant bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language / First carefully collected in the company, and many of them transcribed from the mouth of the facetious gentleman, whose name they bear ; and now set forth and published by his lamentable friend and former companion, Elijah Jenkins, esq. ; Most humbly inscribed to those choice-spirits of the age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the kettle-drummer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mottley, John, 1692-1750, comp.

Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor.

Anecdotes--Great Britain.

Anecdotes.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (donor) (copy 2)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 70 pages ; 19 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Wits vade-mecum

Place of Publication:

London : Printed and Sold by T. Read, 1739.

Notes:

In fact, compiled by John Mottley.

The publisher T. Read commissioned John Mottley in 1739 compile a collection of jests. The title has no historic justification, Miller being mentioned in only 3 anecdotes--cf. DNB.

In this edition the titlepage is unpriced.

Local Notes:

In copy 2, at end, there is a printed index to the book, inserted.

Cited in:

ESTC N2684

OCLC:

4117550