The masquerade : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Masquerade (Southampton, England : Annual)
Corporate Authors: Champante and Whitrow (booksellers.), Gale (Firm)
Other Authors: Baker, T (Printer), Girtin, I. (Engraver)
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: [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
Description
Published:Vol. I. [May 27, 1797]-
Ceased in 1801?
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.