The genuine edition of Joe Miller's jests
Subtitle: or, The wits vade-mecum revived ... : being a collection of the most brilliant jests, the most excellent bons mots, and most pleasant short stories in the English language; many of them transcribed from the mouth of the facetious gentleman whose name they bear : to which are added choice collections of moral sentences and of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue, with the names of the authors to such as are known.
Contributors: Mottley, John, 1692-1750.
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for H. Setchel ...
Published: 1750
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: English wit and humor.
Other titles: Joe Miller's jests :
Notes: Signatures: A-H12.

Based on the edition compiled by John Mottley.

At head of title: An eighteenpenny book for a shilling.

Library copy rebound in three-quarter leather with marbled paper boards; frontispiece trimmed and mounted on new sheet.

Includes offer letter from B.H. Blackwell to Nat Schmulowitz, tipped in at back.