| Other author/creator | Baker, T., printer. |
| Other author/creator | Wilkie, George, publisher. |
| Other author/creator | Girtin, I., engraver. |
| Other author/creator | Champante and Whitrow bookseller. |
| Uniform title | Masquerade (Southampton, England : Annual) |
| Variant title |
Masquerade |
| Caption title |
Masquerade, &c. v. 1-4 |
| Caption title |
Masquerade v. 5 |
| Frequency | Annual (Collected issues) |
| General note | Title pages engraved. |
| General note | Chief title repeated as running title, verson, and caption at head of first page of text. |
| General note | With title page vignette of masked figures, apparently at a party. |
| General note | Below vignette: To be continued annually. |
| General note | Vignette for v.5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud. |
| General note | Imprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in v. 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797). |
| General note | Below imprint: I. Girtin del. & sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand. |
| General note | Imprints vary slightly; v. 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with v. 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end. |
| General note | Price below imprint: Price 1s 6d. |
| General note | With continuous pagination and signatures. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | 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. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from British Library. |
| References |
NCBEL, II:1352 |
| References |
Crane & Kaye, 1572 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 221 |
| References |
Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 99 |
| References |
English Short Title Catalog, P6005. |
| Special numbering | Intended to be published in January of each calendar year, first issue apparently appeared in May 1797 (cf. T66831). |
| Special numbering | Volumes lack chronological designation; dated from prefatory material in each volume, except v. 5 which lacks preface or date in copy cataloged. |
| Special numbering | Volume number added to direction line in each issue. |
| Special numbering | No more known to have been published. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Periodicals England 18th century. |