Joe Miller's jests : or, the wits vade-mecum. Being a collection of the most brilliant jests, the most excellent Bons Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language; many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman whose Name they bear. To which are added, choice collections of moral sentences, and of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue; With the Names of the Authors to such as are known. Most humbly Inscribed To those choice spirits of the age, His Majesty's Poet-Laureat, Mr. David Garrick, Mr. The. Cibber, Mr. Justice Bodens's Horse, Tom Jones, the most Impudent Man living, the Rev. Mr. Henley, and Job Baker the Kettle-Drummer.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,192 pages,plate : portrait ; 12⁰

Edition:

The fourteenth edition.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for S. Crowder, No. 12, in Paternoster-Row; W. Nicol, No. 51, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Williams, No. 38, in Fleet-Street, [1772?]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Compiled by John Mottley.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T63550.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.