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, Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer, and Mr. T. W's very good Masters the Town.

Format:

Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,78 pages ; 8⁰

Edition:

The fourth edition with large additions.

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXL. [1740]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Compiled by John Mottley.

Price from imprint: price One Shilling.

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, T63556.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.