Joe Miller's jests or, The wits vade-mecum. 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

All titles

• Joe Miller's jests or, The wits vade-mecum. 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
• Wits vade-mecum

People / Organizations

• Thomas Read ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London : printed and sold by T. Read, in Dogwell-Court, White-Fryars, Fleet-Street, MDCCXXXIX [1739]

Added name

Read, T., active 1723-1758, bookseller.; Mottley, John, 1692-1750, compiler.

Publication year

1739

ESTC No.

N2684

Grub Street ID

16200

Description

[2],70p. ; 8°.

Note

In fact compiled by J. Mottley

Advertisement in The Daily Post, Friday, December 8, 1738; no. 6005. "This day are publish'd ... Joe Miller's jests ... printed and sold by T. Read ..."

In this edition the title page is unpriced

Signatures: [pi]]2(-[pi]1) B-E]8 F]4(-F4).