Derrick's Jests; Or, the Wits Chronicle. Containing a Pleasing Variety of Repartees, Puns, Bon-Mots, and Other Species of Wit and Humour, Which Passed (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781171193333)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT135353Vertical chain lines.London: printed for I. Fell; and sold by Mr. Leake, and Mr. Frederick, at Bath, 1769. 2], v-viii,76p.; 12

Author: Multiple Contributors
ISBN-10: 1171193335
ISBN-13: 9781171193333
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 7.44h x 9.69w x 0.18d