TY - HOUR T1 - The Wit's magazine DA - [1785] CY - London [England] : AU - Blake, William, AU - Holcroft, Thomas, PB - printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row; by whom letters to the editor are received, PP - London [England] : PY - [1785] N1 - Editor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft. N1 - Title and date repeated as caption on first page of text. N1 - Title page includes contents list. N1 - Imprints lack dates. N1 - Years of publication from dates of issues. N1 - With title page vignettes in two medallions: one, a sphinx, the other an athlete being crowned with laurel by Victory. N1 - 'Sphinx' section has engraved title within a swag of laurel below cut of a sphinx. N1 - Plates in first five numbers engraved by William Blake. N1 - 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), as well as anecdotes, poetry, jokes, and the puzzles and riddles in the 'Sphinx' section. N1 - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). ID - 683871 KW - English wit and humor KW - Satire, English TI - The Wit's magazine LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1654600600&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://find.gale.com/ecco/infomark.do?contentSet=ECCOArticles&docType=ECCOArticles&bookId=1654600600&type=getFullCitation&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docLevel=TEXT_GRAPHICS&version=1.0&source=library&userGroupName=usi ER -