The complete London jester, or, wit's companion: containing all the fun and all the humour, all the Learning and all the Judgment, which have lately flowed from the two universities, from the two theatres, from White's Chocolate-House, from the Bedford Coffee-House; or, from the spouting clubs, and choice spirits clubs in London and Westminster. Including all the Fashionable Jests, Epigrams, Merry Tales. Humorous Jokes, Bon Mots, Conundrums, Irish Bulls, Comical Humbugs, Droll Narrations, Smart Repartees, New Adventures, Funny Epitaphs, and Witticisms. Which will expel Care, drown Grief, banish the Spleen, improve the Wit, create Mirth, entertain Company, and give the Reader a light Heart, and a chearful Countenance. The Whole teaching the agreeable Art of Story-Telling, and furnishing Pieces of Wit, for the Amusement and Improvement of both Sexes

People / Organizations

• Thomas Lowndes ("printed for")

Imprint

London : printed for T. Lowndes, in Fleet-Street, 1777. The seventh edition. To which is added a genteel collection of the various toasts, sentiments, and hob-nobs, now in fashion.; ..

Publication year

1777

ESTC No.

T223108

Grub Street ID

245803

Description

144p. : ill. ; 12°.

Note

Titlepage in red and black

Below imprint in square brackets: price One Shilling.

Uncontrolled note

Frontis. = ill