Killigrew's jests [electronic resource] : or, A pocket companion for the wits. Being a choice collection of merry conceits, facetious drolleries, humorous waggeries, smart repartees, pleasant jokes, clenchers, closures, bon mots, and humbugs; comic stories, notable puns, witty quibbles, and ridiculous bulls. To which are added, Mr. Puzzlewit's Gimcracks; or, A long string of out-o'th' way conundrums, diverting rebusses, poignant epigrams, odd and uncommon epitaphs, &c. &c. All calculated to promote inoffensive mirth, and divers good company with elegance and taste. Containing more in number, and greater variety, than any book of the kind yet published. Humbly inscribed to the choice spirits of the age. By Ferdinando Killigrew, Esq; the world's a jest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Killigrew, Ferdinando.

Standardized Title:

Universal jester

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iv,156p. )

Other Title:

Killigrew's jests

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Warcus, at the Bible, the corner of Racquet-Court, Fleet-street; and H. Serjeant, at the Star without Temple Bar, MDCCLIX. [1759]

Notes:

Running title: The universal jester.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T195751.

OCLC:

509592257