An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule
Subtitle: to which is added, an analysis of the characters of an humourist, Sir John Falstaff, Sir Roger de Coverly, and Don Quixote : inscribed to the Right Honorable Robert Earl of Orford
By: by the author of A letter from a by-stander ...
Publisher: Printed for J. Roberts ... and W.Bickerton ...
Published: 1744
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
Subjects: Wit and humor; History and criticism; Comedy
Notes: Dedication signed: Corbyn Morris.

With a leaf of errata and advertisements between the dedication and introduction.

Includes (p.66-75) Congreve's Essay concerning humour in comedy.

ESTC T027754