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003 OCoLC
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008 780807s1739 enk 000 0 eng
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035 $a(OCoLC)4117550
090 $aPN6173$b.J65 1739
245 00 $aJoe Miller's jests :$bor, The wits vade-mecum.
246 10 $aWits vade-mecum
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted and sold by T. Read,$c1739.
300 $a70 p. ;$c23 cm.
500 $aCompiled by John Mottley.
500 $a"Being a collection of the most brilliant jests; the politest repartees; the most elegant bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; first carefully collected in the company, and many of them transcribed from the mouth of the facetious gentleman, whose name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable friend and former companion, Elijah Jenkins, esq.; most humbly inscribed to those choice-spirits of the age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the kettle-drummer"--T.p.
590 $aBook, cloth; front and back covers detached, spine missing.
650 0 $aEnglish wit and humor$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aJestbooks, English$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aMottley, John,$d1692-1750.
700 1 $aMiller, Joe,$d1684-1738.
994 $aZ0$bIMF
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN IMF - 43 OTHER HOLDINGS
596 $a18
999 $aPN6173 .J65 1739 1$wLC$c1$i71200908400687$lLINCOLN$mLINCOLN$rN$sY$tBOOK$u4/8/1999$o.STAFF. MQ5379$o.STAFF. Association collection
999 $aPN6173 .J65 1739 2$wLC$c1$iMQ5380$lLINCOLN$mLINCOLN$rN$sY$tBOOK$u4/8/1999