Yorick's jests, or, Wit's common-place book
Subtitle: arranged on a new plan ; being a choice collection of humourous jests, happy bons mots, strange adventures ... selected from the works and anecdotes of Voltaire, Foote, Ld. Chesterfield, Dr. Johnson ... : to which is added, a choice selection of toasts and sentiments
Edition: A new edition.
Series: Eighteenth century collections online
Publisher: Printed for S. Bladon, Paternoster-Row
Published: 1790
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: English wit and humor; Early works to 1800; Anecdotes
Other titles: Wit's common-place book
Notes: Date from ESTC.

Signatures: pi⁴ A⁶ C⁶ (-C1+C*⁴) *E² E⁶ F-I⁶ *I⁶ K-M⁶ N².

Numerous irregularities in pagination.

"Johnsoniana," p. 25-28.

ESTC T207800

Some page nos. at top edge shaved; fore-margin of p. 81-82 frayed, with text slightly affected; closely trimmed, with loss of first or last line on several leaves; bound with: The new universal jestor, or, The wit's companion (London, [ca. 1788])

Half bound in contemporary calf, with plain boards; spine lightly gilt, with 1 red and 1 black lettering piece.