Rochester's jests : or, the quintessence of wit; containing a new collection of merry stories, repartees, jokes, puns, Bulls, Blunders, Conundrums, the Newest Riddles, Rebusses, smartest Epigrams and Epitaphs; the most admired songs, sung by Mr. Beard, Mrs. Pinto, Miss Wright, &c. and two original love letters: To which is added, Wit Upon Windows, Copied by a London Rider. The Whole being free from that Obscenity, so frequent in most other Books of this kind, is calculated to inspire Mirth and Good Humour, without giving Offence to the chastest Ear.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor--Early works to 1800.

Wit and humor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],344[i.e.144]p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Other Title:

Rochester's jests

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXX. [1770]

Notes:

Not in fact by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.

P. 144 misnumbered 344.

Braces in title.

Price from imprint: price only One Shilling.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T169502.

OCLC:

642483571