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Title A nest of ninnies, and other English jestbooks of the seventeenth century. Selected and edited by P. M. Zall.

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Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press [1970]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	398.5 Z14n	---	Available

Description	xviii, 260 p. 21 cm.
Contents	The blending of wit and jest: an introduction.--Selections from Wits, fits, and fancies (1614), by A. Copley.--A nest of ninnies (1608), by R. Armin.--Selections from Jests to make you merry (1607), by G. Wilkins and T. D.--Selections from Tarlton's jests (1611).--Selections from Scogin's jests (ca. 1680).--Selections from Wit and mirth (1629), by J. Taylor.--Selections from Conceits, clinches, flashes, and whimzies (1639), by R. Chamberlain.--Selections from A banquet of jests (1633-1660).--Tales and jests of Hugh Peters (1660).--No jest like a true jest (ca. 1670).--Selections from Oxford jests (1671), by W. Hicks.--Selections from The wise and ingenious companion (1700), by A. Boyer.
Subject	Chapbooks, English.
ISBN	0803207239