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England's jests refin'd and improv'd : being a choice collection of the merriest jests, smartest repartee's, wittiest sayings, and most notable bulls, yet extant with many new ones, never before printed. To which are added, XI[V]. ingenious characters drawn to the life. The whole work compil'd with great care and exactness: and may serve as the witty-man's companion, the busy-man's diversion, and the melancholy-man's physick and recreation. The second edition with additions. Calculated for the innocent spending of the winter evenings, by H.C.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crouch, Humphrey, active 1635-1671.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English wit and humor--Early works to 1800.
- English wit and humor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 unnumbered pages, 173 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates)
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for John Harris, at the Harrow against the Church in the Poultrey, 1687.
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- H.C. = Humphrey Crowley.
- Frontis. plate signed at foot "I. Drapentier", id est Jan Drapentier.
- With 5 final advertisement leaves.
- Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books 1641-1700 reel 2427 lacks final advertisement leaf.
- UMI reel guide incorrectly lists this as at postion 2 on reel 2427.
- Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2427:1) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) C7277A
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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