Ben Johnson's last legacy to the sons of wit, mirth, and jollytry; containing complete jests, Riddles, epigrams, epitaphs, acrosticks, anagrams, &c. To which is added, a drunken oration, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, by that inimitable Comedian Mr. Shuter, in the character of Mr. Hipsley's Drunken Man. The second edition.

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Title Ben Johnson's last legacy to the sons of wit, mirth, and jollytry; containing complete jests, Riddles, epigrams, epitaphs, acrosticks, anagrams, &c. To which is added, a drunken oration, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, by that inimitable Comedian Mr. Shuter, in the character of Mr. Hipsley's Drunken Man. The second edition.
Contributors
Signed Author Ben Johnson
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 46
Date of Publication 1756
Edition Statement The second edition.
Edition Number 2
Date of First Publication
Imprint Printed for Edward Robinson, and sold by A. and C. Corbett at Addison's Head in Fleet-street.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing London GB
Format Octavo (8vo)
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Price (pound)
Price (shilling) 1
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence) 12
Non-UK Price
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Notes ESTC notes that this is not in fact by Ben Jonson. Titlepage includes price: "Price 1s." and an advertisement: "Where may be had (lately published, Price 1s. 6d A treatise on the virtues of a crust of bread eat early in a morning fasting, by Nicholas Robinson, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician to Christ Hospital, london. 1756. N.B. Be careful to ask for Ben Johnson's Legacy."
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Unknown. Ben Johnson's last legacy to the sons of wit, mirth, and jollytry; containing complete jests, Riddles, epigrams, epitaphs, acrosticks, anagrams, &c. To which is added, a drunken oration, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, by that inimitable Comedian Mr. Shuter, in the character of Mr. Hipsley's Drunken Man. The second edition.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 14597, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/14597. Accessed 2024-04-25. 

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