An essay towards fixing the true standards of wit, humour, raillery, satire, and ridicule. To which is Added, an Analysis Of the Characters of An Humourist, Sir John Falstaff, Sir Roger De Coverly, and Don Quixote. Inscribed to the Right Honorable Robert Earl of Orford. By the Author of a Letter from a by-stander

People / Organizations

• Corbyn Morris (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Roberts, at the Oxford-Arms, in Warwick-Lane; and W. Bickerton, in the Temple-Exchange, near the Inner-Temple-Gate, Fleet-Street, MDCCXLIV. [1744]

Publication year

1744

ESTC No.

T27754

Grub Street ID

259591

Description

xxxiv,[2],xxxii,75,[1]p. ; 8°.

Note

Dedication signed and dated at end: Corbyn Morris, Feb. 1, 1743

With a leaf of errata and advertisements included between the dedication and introduction

Includes: Congreve's 'Essay concering humour in comedy. To Mr. Dennis'

Below imprint in square brackets: price 2 s.