Joe Miller's jests, or, The wits vade-mecum / Being a collection of the most brillant jests, the most excellent bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; many of them transcribed from the mouth of the facetious gentleman, whose name they bear. To which are added, choice collections of moral sentences, and of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue; with the names of the authors to such as are known. Most humbly inscribed to those choice-spirits of the age, Mr. Colley Cibber, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the kettle drummer.

Other author Mottley, John, 1692-1750 compiler.
Other author Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Format Microform
Edition8th ed., with large additions.
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for T. Read, ..., 1745.
Description2 unnumbered pages, 208 pages : portrait.
Subjects

SeriesLibrary of English literature ; LEL 11623
Library of English literature ; LEL 11623. UNAUTHORIZED
General notePages 121 and 205 misnumbered 21 and 207 respectively.
General noteCompiled by Mottley, using the name of Joe Miller, from other books and from recollections of former conversations. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11623)
Other titleWits vade-mecum microform.

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