A new riddle book, or, A whetstone for dull wits.
Bibliographic Citation:
A new riddle book, or, A whetstone for dull wits. Derby : Printed at Derby for the benefit of the travelling stationers, [1790?]
Alternative Title:
Whetstone for dull wits
New riddles
Contributor:
Publisher:
Printed at Derby for the benefit of the travelling stationers, [1790?]
Notes:
  • A chapbook of riddles in verse, comical questions, and merry tales, probably printed by J. Drewry.
  • Woodcut illustrations.
  • First sentence: "Into this World I came hanging, And when from same I was ganging, I was bitterly batter'd and squeez'd, And then with my Blood they are pleas'd."
  • Includes 24 woodcuts.
  • Citations/References: Osborne catalogue, I:223-4
  • Citations/References: Opie, K 56
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: numerous wood-cuts in text. Card covers. Wood-cuts on front & back covers. Hobbyhorse Books. Ho Ho Kus, N.J. Oct/2001. $1000.00.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 15 x 9 cm.
Language:
English
Chapbook Category:
Jest Books, Humorous Fiction, Riddles
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8333
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_T73_N49_1790