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jest book

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jest book

Compilation of witty sayings and practical jokes. These might be ascribed to a particular person or collected from various sources. Jest books were popular in England from the 16th century, and some were sold as chapbooks.

Among English jest books are Tarlton's Jests: a Hundred Mery Talys (about 1525; first extant edition 1611); Wit and Drollery (1661), by ‘the most refined wits of the Age’; Joe Miller's Jests, or the Wit's Vade-Mecum (1739), compiled by John Mottley (1692–1750).

Other similar collections are Jests of Scogin by ‘A B of Phisicke Doctour’ (1613); Tales and Quick Answers, very Merry and Pleasant to Rede (about 1535); Wit and Mirth (1629) by John Taylor, more original than most; Merry Drollery (1661); and Westminster Drollery, or a Choice Collection of the Newest Songs and Poems both at Courts and Theatres by ‘a Person of Quality’ (1671).
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