Rochester's jests [electronic resource] : 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.
1770
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Rochester's jests [electronic resource] : 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.
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The fourth edition.
Publication Details
London : printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXX. [1770]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[2],344[i.e.144]p. : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
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).
P. 144 misnumbered 344.
Braces in title.
Price from imprint: price only One Shilling.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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English Short Title Catalog, T169502.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.
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