The masquerade. [electronic resource] : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
1797
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The masquerade. [electronic resource] : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
Uniform Title
Masquerade (Southampton, England : Annual)
Caption Title
The masquerade, &c. v. 1-4
The masquerade v. 5
The masquerade v. 5
Publication Details
[Southampton and London, England] : Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, & published by G. & T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, & J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road, [1797]-
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- Southampton.
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v. ; 16 cm (12⁰)
Frequency
Annual (Collected issues)
Publication Coverage
Vol. I. [May 27, 1797]-
Ceased in 1801?
Ceased in 1801?
Note
Title pages engraved.
Chief title repeated as running title, verson, and caption at head of first page of text.
With title page vignette of masked figures, apparently at a party.
Below vignette: To be continued annually.
Vignette for v.5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud.
Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in v. 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797).
Below imprint: I. Girtin del. & sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand.
Imprints vary slightly; v. 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with v. 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end.
Price below imprint: Price 1s 6d.
With continuous pagination and signatures.
Vol. 2 includes queries leaf, and nine final leaves preceded by half-title, with solutions for vols. 1-2; vol. 3 includes three final leaves of solutions.
Includes riddles, word games, puzzles, suggestions for charades; each issue follows a similar format with groups of puzzles of each type; each volume includes prefatory notes; preface to v. 4 complains of plagiarism.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Chief title repeated as running title, verson, and caption at head of first page of text.
With title page vignette of masked figures, apparently at a party.
Below vignette: To be continued annually.
Vignette for v.5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud.
Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in v. 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797).
Below imprint: I. Girtin del. & sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand.
Imprints vary slightly; v. 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with v. 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end.
Price below imprint: Price 1s 6d.
With continuous pagination and signatures.
Vol. 2 includes queries leaf, and nine final leaves preceded by half-title, with solutions for vols. 1-2; vol. 3 includes three final leaves of solutions.
Includes riddles, word games, puzzles, suggestions for charades; each issue follows a similar format with groups of puzzles of each type; each volume includes prefatory notes; preface to v. 4 complains of plagiarism.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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NCBEL, II:1352
Crane & Kaye, 1572
Times handlist, p. 221
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 99
English Short Title Catalog, P6005.
Crane & Kaye, 1572
Times handlist, p. 221
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 99
English Short Title Catalog, P6005.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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