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The punster's pocket-book : or, The art of punning enlarged / by Bernard Blackmantle [pseud.] ... Illustrated with numerous original designs by Robert Cruikshank.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1826 Westmac
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Westmacott, C. M. (Charles Molloy), 1787 or 1788-1868.
Contributor:
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, Illustrator.
British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English wit and humor.
Physical Description:
viii, 198 p. : ill., plates ; 19 cm.
Place of Publication:
London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1826.
Contents:
Dedication to the king
A word to the witty and the wise
Description of frontpiece
Prolegomena on punning
Origin of punning
Art of punning, by Swift and Sheridan
Satire on Sheridan, by Dr. Tisdale
Dying speech of Tom Ashe
A pestilant neighbor
Punning epistle on money
God's revenge against punning, by Dr. Arbuthnot
The birth of a pun
Antiquity of puns
Punning on surnames
Punning run mad
Bashful on punning
Examples in punning
W. R. V-ana
Norburyana
Punning epigrams
The punster's court
Puns for all purposes
A punning essay
Every man his own punster.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Dornsife/VSA.
OCLC:
6590154

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