The merry philosopher : or, thoughts on jesting. Containing rules by which a proper judgment of jests may be formed; and the Criterion for distinguishing True and Genuine Wit from that which is False and Spurious. Together with instructions for improving the taste of those, who have a natural turn for pleasantry and good humour. By George Frederick Meier, Professor of Philosophy at Halle, Member of the Royal Academy at Berlin, and Author of several much-admired Works in the German Language. Now first translated into English from the German original.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meier, Georg Friedrich, 1718-1777.

Standardized Title:

Gedancken von Schertzen. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],213,[3]p. )

Other Title:

Merry philosopher

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, and W. Nicoll, at the Paper-Mill, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXIV. [1764]

Notes:

With a final advertisement leaf for W. Nichol [sic].

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Roscoe, A342

English Short Title Catalog, T124434.

OCLC:

642344769