The Merry Andrew : Being the smartest collection every yet published, of elegant repartees, brilliant jests, ridiculous bulls, comical tales, facetious epigrams, humorous epitaphs, droll jokes, profound riddles, and second hand conundrums. This book is the quintessence of wit, the source of fun, the original of laughter, and the perfection of true humour. By Ferdinando Funny, Esq; M.M. and professor of Drollery in the University of Humbug.
| Author/creator | Funny, Ferdinando |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for I. Pottinger, in Pater-noster Row, and sold by all the booksellers in the Universe, MDCCLIX. [1759] |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, 141, that is, 142 pages : plate ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| Subjects |
| General note | Ferdinando Funny is a pseudonym. |
| General note | P. 142 is misnumbered 141. |
| General note | In the title "elegant repartees" to "profound riddles" are in two parallel columns, separated by a vertical line of type ornaments. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, T231394. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Jestbooks. |