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

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Baker, T., printer.

Wilkie, George, publisher.

Girtin, I., engraver.

Champante & Whitrow, booksellers.

Standardized Title:

Masquerade (Southampton, England : Annual)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Humor, English--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Humor, English.

Puzzles--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Puzzles.

Charades--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Charades.

Great Britain--Social life and customs--Periodicals--Early works to 1800.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v. )

Annual (Collected issues)

Vol. I. [May 27, 1797]-

Ceased in 1801?

Other Title:

Masquerade.

Place of Publication:

[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]-

Notes:

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 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.

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.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1352

Crane & Kaye, 1572

Times handlist, p. 221

Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 99

English Short Title Catalog, P6005.

OCLC:

508356856