The masquerade : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
| Uniform Title: | Masquerade (Southampton, England : Annual) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Journal |
| Language: | English |
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[Southampton and London, England] :
Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, and published by G. and T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, and J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road,
[1806]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Published: | Vol. I. [May 27, 1797]- Ceased in 1801? |
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| Item Description: | 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 volume5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud. Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in volume 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797). Below imprint: I. Girtin del. and sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand. Imprints vary slightly; volume 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with volume 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end. Price below imprint: Price 1s 6d. With continuous pagination and signatures. Volume 2 includes queries leaf, and nine final leaves preceded by half-title, with solutions for volumes 1-2; volume 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 volume 4 complains of plagiarism. Reproduction of original from British Library. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (volume) |
| Publication Frequency: | Annual (Collected issues) |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain -- England -- Southampton. Great Britain -- England -- London. |