The nonpareil, or, The quintessence of wit and humour
Subtitle: being a choice selection of those pieces that were most admired in the ever-to-be-remember'd Midwife, or, Old woman's magazine ... ; to which is added, An index to mankind, or, Maxims selected from the wits of all nations for the benefit of the present age and of posterity, interspersed with some axioms in life, and seasonable reflections by the same author
By: with a preface by her good friend the late Mr. Pope.
Publisher: Printed for T. Carnan ...
Published: 1757
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: English wit and humor.; Maxims.
Other titles: Quintessence of wit and humour; Index to mankind; Maxims selected from the wits of all nations for the benefit of the present age and of posterity; Midwife.
Notes: Written by Christopher Smart under the pen-name Mary Midnight, which appears on t.p. of the second part, An index to mankind.

Signatures: A10 B-N12 O6 P2.

Includes 3 p. of publisher's advertisements, printed on unnumbered pages.

Gathering L incorrectly imposed: p. 230 printed on verso of L8, and L7, where p. 230 belongs, left blank.

Library's copy 1 untrimmed, rebound in blue buckram with gold stamping.

Library's copy 2, signed by Nat Schmulowitz on flyleaf, appears to be a later printing with p. [iii]-viii reprinted in smaller type, leaving p. [viii] blank; p. x-xii have been renumbered as p. 10-12.  Frontispiece lacking.  The table of contents ([5] p.) and publisher's advertisements have been moved from the end and bound in variously after p. 12 of first section.  Bound in full leather with gold stamping and red spine label; red edges.