Shakespeare jest-books; reprints of the early and very rare jest-books supposed to have been used by Shakespeare ... Ed., with introduction and notes, by W. Carew Hazlitt.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Hazlitt, William Carew, 1834-1913, editor.
• Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

• Old English jest-books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Sources.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Chapbooks.

Genre:

• Sources.

Penn Provenance:

• Krumbhaar, E. B. (Edward Bell), 1882-1966 (donor) (Furness Storage copy)
• Perrin, Oliver W. (donor) (Furness Storage copy)

Physical Description:

3 volumes 19 cm

Other Title:

Old English jest-books

Place of Publication:

London, Willis & Sotheran, 1864.

Contents:

• v. 1. A hundred merry talys, from the only known copy. Mery tales and quicke answeres, from the rare edition of 1567.
• v. 2. Merie tales of Skelton. Jests of Scogin. Sackfull of newes. Tarleton's jests. Merrie conceited jests of George Peele. Jacke of Dover.
• v. 3. Merie tales of the mad men of Gotham. XII mery jests of the Wydow Edyth. Pasquils jests with Mother Bunches merriments. The pleasant conceits of Old Hobson. Cerayne conceyts and jeasts. Taylors wit and mirth. Conceits, clinches, flashes and whimzies.

Notes:

• With reproductions of original title-pages.
• Half-title: Old English jest-books.

Local Notes:

• Furness Storage copy imperfect: volume 3 wanting.
• Furness Storage copy vol. 1 presented to the Penn Libraries in 1937 by Dr. E. B. Krumbhaar.
• Furness Storage copy vol. 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 1942 by Dr. E. B. Krumbhaar and Mr. Oliver W. Perrin.

Other Format:

Online version: Shakespeare jest-books.

OCLC:

2827883