The Wit's magazine [electronic resource].
1785
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Title
The Wit's magazine [electronic resource].
Variant Title
Section title: The Sphinx
Publication Details
London [England] : printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row; by whom letters to the editor are received, [1785]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
v. , plates ; 8⁰ (21 cm.).
Frequency
Monthly
Publication Coverage
January 1784.-May 1785.
Note
Editor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft.
Title and date repeated as caption on first page of text.
Title page includes contents list.
Imprints lack dates.
Years of publication from dates of issues.
With title page vignettes in two medallions: one, a sphinx, the other an athlete being crowned with laurel by Victory.
'Sphinx' section has engraved title within a swag of laurel below cut of a sphinx.
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), as well as anecdotes, poetry, jokes, and the puzzles and riddles in the 'Sphinx' section.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Title and date repeated as caption on first page of text.
Title page includes contents list.
Imprints lack dates.
Years of publication from dates of issues.
With title page vignettes in two medallions: one, a sphinx, the other an athlete being crowned with laurel by Victory.
'Sphinx' section has engraved title within a swag of laurel below cut of a sphinx.
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), as well as anecdotes, poetry, jokes, and the puzzles and riddles in the 'Sphinx' section.
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
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Access limited to authorized users.
Indexed In
NCBEL, II:1307
Crane & Kaye, 960
Times handlist, p. 45
English Short Title Catalog, P1901.
Crane & Kaye, 960
Times handlist, p. 45
English Short Title Catalog, P1901.
Available Note
Cumulation of Jan. 1784-Apr. 1785 issues available on microfilm in Early English Newspapers series (RPI reel 1399).
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Linking Note
Cumulated by: The Wit's Magazine; or, Library of Momus.
Includes
Story-teller. No. I-V.
Town-talker. No. I-III.
Traveller. No. I-IV.
Night-walker. No. I-VIII.
Sphinx. No. I-XVII.
Town-talker. No. I-III.
Traveller. No. I-IV.
Night-walker. No. I-VIII.
Sphinx. No. I-XVII.
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