The Wit's magazine; or, Library of Momus [electronic resource] : Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment.

Library of Momus

London [England] : printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row, M DCC LXXXIV.-M DCC LXXXV. [1784-1785]

Great Britain -- England -- London.

English

2 v., plates ; 21 cm (8⁰)

Annual

1784-1785.

Editor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft.
With title page vignette.
Plates in first five numbers engraved by William Blake.
Includes several series of essays: The Story-teller, no. 1-5 (Jan.-May 1784); The Town-talker, no. 1-3 (Feb.-Apr. 1784); The Night-walker, no. 1-8 (July 1784-Mar. 1785); The Traveller, no. 1-4 (Jan.-Apr. 1785).
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

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NCBEL, II:1307
NCBEL, II:1287
Times handlist, p. 45
English Short Title Catalog, P1902.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Prose, poetry, puzzles and contributors indexed at end of each volume.

Cumulates monthly issues with added prefatory material of: The Wit's Magazine.

Story-teller. No. I-V.
Town-talker. No. I-III.
Traveller. No. I-IV.
Night-walker. No. I-VIII.
Sphinx. No. I-XVII.

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