JEST BOOKS.--The Polite Jester: or, Theatre for Wit. containing
Diverting Jests, Smart Repartees, &c. &c. Interspersed with a
great Variety of comic poetry. The whole intended for chearful
amusement, and is free from indelicacy. London: Printed by and for J.
Drew, . . . 1796. [Price One Shilling.] _12mo, green straight-grain
morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece.
JEST BOOKS.--Scogin's Jests; Full of Witty Mirth, and pleasant Shifts;
done by him in France and other places. Being A Preservative again
Melancholy, Gathered by Andrew Board, Doctor of Physick. . . . London:
Printed for W. Thackeray, . . . and J. Deacon. . . . Reprinted for J.
Caulfield. 1796. _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt
edges, by The Club Bindery._
Full-length portrait of Andrew Board [Borde] by Clamp after Holbein.
JEST BOOKS.--Quick's Whim, or, the Merry Medley: containing a collection
of . . . jests, bon-mots, repartees, &c. occasionally introduced by this
son of Momus and his companions, at the tables of hospitality, in the
hours of convitiality and moments of mirth. Enriched with an Engraving
of that excellent Comedian. . . . London. Printed for W. Lane, . . .
[1796] _12mo, red straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The
Club Bindery._
Frontispiece of Quick by Eastgate after Corbould.
JEST BOOKS.--The new universal Story-teller, or, A Picture of Human
Life. . . . Southwark: Printed by W. Kemmish, . . . M DCC XCVII. Price
six-pence. _12mo, green straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges,
by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece, "Music has Power to melt the Soul," printed in green.
JEST BOOKS.--Paragon Jester; or, the Polite Wit's Museum. Containing a
Variety of elegant Apophthegms, Jests, &c. newly translated from the
French, German, Spanish, Roman, and Eastern Languages: . . . Southwark:
Printed by and for W. Kemmish, . . . 1798. . . . _12mo, olive
straight-grain morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._
Frontispiece.
JEST BOOKS.--The Sailor's Jester; or, Merry Lad's Companion: a
diverting, droll and entertaining collection of Funny Jests, Witty
Replies, &c. &c. of the brave tars of old England, from the captain to
the cabin boy: . . . London: printed for W. Lane, . . . [1798] _12mo,
brown levant morocco, Janseniste, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery._