Henry Fielding.
The Earl of Chatham.
Horne Tooke.
Horace Walpole.
George Grenville.
Thomas Gray.
George Selwyn.
Lord North.
Earl of Bute.
Earl Temple.
etc. etc. etc.
By J. Heneage Jesse, . . . In two volumes. . . . London: Richard Bentley
and Son, . . . 1875. _8vo, two volumes, blue levant morocco, gilt
fillets, gilt over uncut edges, by Chambolle-Duru._
First edition.
JESSE, W.--The Life of Beau Brummell, Esq., commonly called Beau
Brummell. By Captain [W.] Jesse London: Saunders and Otley . . .
MDCCCXLIV. _8vo, two volumes, red levant morocco, gilt back, gilt over
uncut edges, by David._
First edition. In addition to the full-length portrait of the "Beau"
and the frontispiece to Volume II, a brilliant impression of Cook's
engraving of Brummell and a proof portrait of Byron have been inserted.
JEST BOOKS.--Joe Miller's Jests. or, the Wits Vade-Mecum. Being A
Collection of the most Brilliant Jests; the Politest Repartees; the most
Elegant Bon Mots, and most pleasant short Stories in the English
Language. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them
transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they
bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and
former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq; Most Humbly Inscribed To those
Choice-Spirits of the Age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr.
Professor Lacy, Mr. Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer.
London: Printed and Sold by T. Read, . . . MDCCXXXIX. _8vo, green
morocco, filleted back and sides, gilt over red edges, by Riviere._
First edition.
JEST BOOKS.--Joe Miller's Jests: or, the Wits Vade-Mecum. Being A
Collection of the most Brilliant Jests; . . . First carefully
collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth
of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth
and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah
Jenkins, Esq; Most Humbly Inscribed To those Choice-Spirits of the
Age, Captain Bodens, Mr. Alexander Pope, Mr. Professor Lacy, Mr.
Orator Henley, and Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer. The Second Edition.
London: Printed and Sold by T. Read, . . . M DCC XXXIX. . . . _8vo, red
levant morocco, gilt back, gilt edges, by Riviere._
JEST BOOKS.--Joe Miller's Jests, Or Wit's Merry Companion, containing A
selection of brilliant jests, smart repartees, and short stories,
calculated to promote mirth and good humour, and furnishing
Entertainment for the Winter Evenings. The whole teaching the
agreeable art of story telling. The seventh edition. London: printed
by Sabine and Son, . . . Price Six-Pence. [1745] _12mo, olive
straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece with the legend:
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"Wit a thousand different Shapes it bears,
And Comedy in a thousand forms Appears."
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JEST BOOKS.--Joe Miller's Jests: or, the Wits Vade-mecum, being A
Collection of the most Brilliant Jests, the most excellent Bon Mots,
and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language; . . .
Most humbly Inscribed To those Choice Spirits of the Age, His
Majesty's Poet-Laureat, Mr. David Garrick, Mr. The. Cibber, Mr.
Justice Boden's Horse, Tom Jones, the most Impudent Man living,
the Rev. Mr. Henley, and Job Baker the Kettle-Drummer. The fourteenth
edition. London: Printed for S. Crowder, . . . W. Nicol, . . . and J.
Williams, . . . (Price One Shilling and Sixpence.) [1771] _12mo, green
straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece.
JEST BOOKS.--Joe Miller's Jests; or the Wits Vade-mecum: Being a
Collection of the most brilliant Jests, curious Bon-Mots, and the
most pleasing short Stories in the English Language, . . . To
which is added A Choice Collection of Moral Sentences; also a selection
of curious epigrams. Humbly inscribed to the choice spirits of the
age. A new edition. London: printed for W. Lane, . . . [Price one
shilling and six-pence.] [n. d.] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco,
Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece of five men seated at a dining-table.
JEST BOOKS.--Old Joe Miller: being a complete and correct copy from the
Best Edition of his Celebrated Jests; and also including all the good
things in above fifty jest-books published from the year 1558 to the
present time. By the Editor of New Joe Miller, or The Tickler. . . .
London, Printed by Wilson & Co. . . . For J. Ridgway, . . . 1800. _12mo,
blue straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club
Bindery._