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• London jests : or, a collection of the choicest joques and repertees [sic]. Out of the most celebrated authors, ancient and modern. With an addition of above one hundred, never before printed
  Published: (1720)
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  Published: (1790)
• Cambridge jests or : Wit's recreation
  Published: (1800)
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  by: Fielding, John
  Published: (1781)
• Joe Miller's jests : Being a collection of the most brilliant jests, and most pleasant short stories in the English Language. The greater Part of which are taken from the mouth of that facetious gentleman whose name they bear
  Published: (1770)