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

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Publication Info[Southampton and London, England] : Printed for the editors by T. Baker, Southampton, & published by G. & T. Wilkie, Paternoster Row, & J. Bell, 148, Oxford Road, [1806]
Descriptionvolumes ; 16 cm (12⁰)
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Other author/creatorBaker, T., printer.
Other author/creatorWilkie, George, publisher.
Other author/creatorGirtin, I., engraver.
Other author/creatorChampante and Whitrow bookseller.
Uniform titleMasquerade (Southampton, England : Annual)
Variant title Masquerade
Caption title Masquerade, &c. v. 1-4
Caption title Masquerade v. 5
FrequencyAnnual (Collected issues)
General noteTitle pages engraved.
General noteChief title repeated as running title, verson, and caption at head of first page of text.
General noteWith title page vignette of masked figures, apparently at a party.
General noteBelow vignette: To be continued annually.
General noteVignette for v.5 shows three theatrical masks on a cloud.
General noteImprints lack dates; first year of publication from prefatory material in v. 1 (Advertisement, dated 1797).
General noteBelow imprint: I. Girtin del. & sculp. 2. St. Martin's le Grand.
General noteImprints vary slightly; v. 2 reads in part: "published by G. & T. Wilkie"; with v. 5, "Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street" added at end.
General notePrice below imprint: Price 1s 6d.
General noteWith continuous pagination and signatures.
General noteVol. 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 noteIncludes 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 noteReproduction 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 numberingIntended to be published in January of each calendar year, first issue apparently appeared in May 1797 (cf. T66831).
Special numberingVolumes lack chronological designation; dated from prefatory material in each volume, except v. 5 which lacks preface or date in copy cataloged.
Special numberingVolume number added to direction line in each issue.
Special numberingNo more known to have been published.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.

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