Rochester's jests: or, the quintessence of wit; containing a new collection of merry stories, repartees, jokes, puns, Bulls, Blunders, Conundrums, the Newest Riddles, Rebusses, smartest Epigrams and Epitaphs; the most admired songs, sung by Mr. Beard, Mrs. Pinto, Miss Wright, &c. and two original love letters: To which is added, Wit Upon Windows, Copied by a London Rider. The Whole being free from that Obscenity, so frequent in most other Books of this kind, is calculated to inspire Mirth and Good Humour, without giving Offence to the chastest Ear.
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- MDCCLXX. [1770]
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Publication/Creation
London : printed for the proprietors, and sold by J. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXX. [1770]
Physical description
[2],344[i.e.144]p. : ill. ; 120.
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Edition
The fourth edition.
References note
ESTC T169502
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.