Joe Miller's jests, or, The wits vade-mecum
By: Being a collection of the most brillant 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 geleman, 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. Most humbly inscribed to those choice-spirits of the age, Mr. Colley Cibber, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the kettle drummer.
Contributors: Mottley, John, 1692-1750.; Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Edition: 8th ed., with large additions.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 11623.
Publisher: Printed for T. Read, ...
Published: 1745
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: English wit and humor
Other titles: Wits vade-mecum
Notes: Pages 121 and 205 misnumbered 21 and 207 respectively.

Compiled by Mottley, using the name of Joe Miller, from other books and from recollections of former conversations. cf. Dictionary of national biography.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 11623)

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