The Wit's magazine.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Other Authors:	Blake, William, 1745-1809 (Engraver), Holcroft, Thomas, 1757-1827 (Editor)
Format:	Journal
Language:	English
Published:	London [England] : printed for Harrison and Company No. 18, Paternoster Row; by whom letters to the editor are received, [1785]
Subjects:	English wit and humor > Periodicals > Early works to 1800. Satire, English > Periodicals > Early works to 1800. Electronic books. Periodicals.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Published:	January 1784.-May 1785.
Item Description:	Editor and contributor to numbers 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, numbers 1-5 (Jan.-May 1784); The Town-talker, numbers 1-3 (Feb.-Apr. 1784); The Night-walker, numbers 1-8 (July 1784-Mar. 1785); The Traveller, numbers 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). Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (volume , plates) Cumulation of Jan. 1784-Apr. 1785 issues available on microfilm in Early English Newspapers series (RPI reel 1399).
Publication Frequency:	Monthly
Related Items:	Cumulated by: The Wit's Magazine; or, Library of Momus.
Place of Publication:	Great Britain -- England -- London.