Profligate whore.- Pilkington (Laetitia) The Celebrated Mrs. Pilkington's Jests, second edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, some light soiling, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Teerink 102 "I have not seen the first edition"; ESTC cites 9 locations], bookplate of J.O. Edwards, 12mo, for W. Nicoll, 1764.

⁂ Considerably revised second edition of an important jest book, the first edition (1759) is known in only one copy, at the Bodleian. Mr. and Mrs. Pilkington were introduced to Swift's circle in the 1730s but Swift became disillusioned with them, saying "He proved the falsest rogue and she the most profligate whore in either kingdom." The frontispiece depicts Swift reading the manuscript of this work and the caption notes that this was one of only three occasions in his life when Swift is supposed to have laughed.