The masquerade. A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
Title
The masquerade. [electronic resource] : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
Published by
[Southampton and London, England] : Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, & published by G. & T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, & J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road, [1797]-
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 v.5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud.
Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in v. 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797).
Below imprint: I. Girtin del. & sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand.
Imprints vary slightly; v. 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with v. 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end.
Price below imprint: Price 1s 6d.
With continuous pagination and signatures.
Vol. 2 includes queries leaf, and nine final leaves preceded by half-title, with solutions for vols. 1-2; vol. 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 v. 4 complains of plagiarism.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed in (note)
NCBEL
Crane & Kaye
Times handlist
Ward, W.S. Index of serials
English Short Title Catalog
Numbering (note)
Intended to be published in January of each calendar year, first issue apparently appeared in May 1797 (cf. T66831).
Volumes lack chronological designation; dated from prefatory material in each volume, except v. 5 which lacks preface or date in copy cataloged.
Volume number added to direction line in each issue.
No more known to have been published.
Reproduction (note)
Electronic reproduction.
Title
The masquerade. [electronic resource] : A collection of new enigmas, logogriphs, charades, rebusses, queries and transpositions.
Imprint
[Southampton and London, England] : Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, & published by G. & T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, & J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road, [1797]-
Current frequency
Annual (Collected issues)
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Indexed in:
NCBEL, II:1352
Crane & Kaye, 1572
Times handlist, p. 221
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 99
Numbering
Intended to be published in January of each calendar year, first issue apparently appeared in May 1797 (cf. T66831).
Volumes lack chronological designation; dated from prefatory material in each volume, except v. 5 which lacks preface or date in copy cataloged.
Volume number added to direction line in each issue.
No more known to have been published.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.