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Traité du ris : contenant son essance, ses causes, et mervelheus effais, curieusemant recerchés, raisonnés & observés / par M. Laur. Ioubert.
Joubert, Laurent, 1529-1583.Date: 1579
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Jimmy Carr and the science of laughter.
Date: 2016
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A laughing jester holding a fool's bauble with a grotesque face. Line engraving by D. Custos after H. Goltzius.
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.Reference: 3233i
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The psychology of laughter / by Boris Sidis.
Sidis, Boris, 1867-1923.Date: 1913
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Rabelais's laughers and Joubert's Traité du ris / Gregory de Rocher.
Rocher, Gregory de.Date: [1979], ©1979
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Traité médico-philosophique sur le rire; ou, le rire considéré dans ses rapports avec l'étude physique et morale de l'homme dans l'état sain et dans l'état malade / par Denis-Prudent Roy.
Roy, Denis-Prudent.Date: 1814
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The psychology of laughter and comedy / by J.Y.T. Greig.
Greig, J. Y. T. (John Young Thomson), 1891-1963.Date: 1923
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An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1800.
Stubbs, George, 1724-1806.Date: 11 January 1800Reference: 34340i
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Treatise on laughter / Laurent Joubert ; translated and annotated by Gregory David de Rocher.
Joubert, Laurent, 1529-1583.Date: [1980], ©1980
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An essay on laughter : its forms, its causes, its development and its value / by James Sully.
Sully, James, 1842-1923.Date: 1902
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The senses of humor : self and laughter in modern America / Daniel Wickberg.
Wickberg, Daniel, 1960-Date: 1998
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Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Reference: 33657i
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Comedy : An essay on comedy / [by] George Meredith. Laughter [by] Henri Bergson. Introd. and appendix: The meanings of comedy, by Wylie Sypher.
Date: 1956
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Le rire : essai sur la signification du comique / par Henri Bergson.
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.Date: 1900
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A doctor and his patient laugh during a consultation; behind, a nun stands by the door. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
Faivre, Abel, 1867-1945.Date: 22 March 1902Reference: 17148i
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An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.
Stubbs, George, 1724-1806.Date: 1 August 1815Reference: 34426i
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Greenwich Pensioners, in the Chalk-Walk [?], one hitting another with his tankard, while the rest laugh. Wood engraving.
Reference: 32763i
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Laughter is the best medicine : Punch's use of graphic satire for middle class scientific engagement, 1870-1914 / Hannah Brayford.
Brayford, Hannah.Date: 2013
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The laughter of Sarah : biblical exegesis, feminist theory, and the concept of delight / Catherine Conybeare.
Conybeare, CatherineDate: 2013
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Dissertation médico-chirurgicale sur le rire, considéré comme phénomène séméiologique : présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 9 avril 1812, / par Denis-Prudent Roy.
Roy, Denis-Prudent.Date: 1812

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Traité du ris : contenant son essance, ses causes, et mervelheus effais, curieusemant recerchés, raisonnés & observés / par M. Laur. Ioubert.

Jimmy Carr and the science of laughter.

A laughing jester holding a fool's bauble with a grotesque face. Line engraving by D. Custos after H. Goltzius.

The psychology of laughter / by Boris Sidis.

Rabelais's laughers and Joubert's Traité du ris / Gregory de Rocher.

Traité médico-philosophique sur le rire; ou, le rire considéré dans ses rapports avec l'étude physique et morale de l'homme dans l'état sain et dans l'état malade / par Denis-Prudent Roy.

The psychology of laughter and comedy / by J.Y.T. Greig.

An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1800.

Treatise on laughter / Laurent Joubert ; translated and annotated by Gregory David de Rocher.

An essay on laughter : its forms, its causes, its development and its value / by James Sully.

The senses of humor : self and laughter in modern America / Daniel Wickberg.

Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.

Comedy : An essay on comedy / [by] George Meredith. Laughter [by] Henri Bergson. Introd. and appendix: The meanings of comedy, by Wylie Sypher.

Le rire : essai sur la signification du comique / par Henri Bergson.

A doctor and his patient laugh during a consultation; behind, a nun stands by the door. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.

An écorché face showing the movements of facial muscles during laughter. Stipple engraving by H. Singleton (?) after G.T. Stubbs after G. Stubbs, 1815.

Greenwich Pensioners, in the Chalk-Walk [?], one hitting another with his tankard, while the rest laugh. Wood engraving.

Laughter is the best medicine : Punch's use of graphic satire for middle class scientific engagement, 1870-1914 / Hannah Brayford.

The laughter of Sarah : biblical exegesis, feminist theory, and the concept of delight / Catherine Conybeare.

Dissertation médico-chirurgicale sur le rire, considéré comme phénomène séméiologique : présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 9 avril 1812, / par Denis-Prudent Roy.