Tom gay's comical Jester; or The wit's merry medley : Being a new and most beautiful collection of brilliant jests, funny jokes, merry stories, amorous adventures, pleasant tales, smart repartees, witty quibbles, Irish bulls, &c. &c. To which is added, a curious collection of new conundrums, rebusses, and riddles, sharp epigrams, droll epitaphs, amorous poems, songs, fables, &c. The whole being entirely freed from that dulness which infests most other jest-books-and is calculated to kill care, banish sorrow, promote mirth, crack the sides, chear the heart, and prove an everlasting cordial of low spirits.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gay, Tom.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--Early works to 1800.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,46 pages : portrait ; 8⁰

Other Title:

Comical jester

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Printed for Dillon Chamberlain, in Smock Alley, James Hunter, in Sycamore-Alley; and Robert Bell, in Stephen street, 1763.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Tom Gay is probably a pseudonym.

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 Cambridge University Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T175499.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.