The Wit's magazine.

Other author Blake, William, 1745-1809, engraver.
Other author Holcroft, Thomas, 1757-1827, editor.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for Harrison and Co. No. 18, Paternoster Row; by whom letters to the editor are received, [1785]
Descriptionvolumes , plates ; 8⁰ (21 cm).
Supplemental ContentFull text online
Subjects

Variant title Section title: Sphinx
Variant title Sphinx
FrequencyMonthly
General noteEditor and contributor to no. 1-4: Thomas Holcroft.
General noteTitle and date repeated as caption on first page of text.
General noteTitle page includes contents list.
General noteImprints lack dates.
General noteYears of publication from dates of issues.
General noteWith title page vignettes in two medallions: one, a sphinx, the other an athlete being crowned with laurel by Victory.
General note'Sphinx' section has engraved title within a swag of laurel below cut of a sphinx.
General notePlates in first five numbers engraved by William Blake.
General noteIncludes several series of essays: The Story-teller, no. 1-5 (Jan.-May 1784); The Town-talker, no. 1-3 (Feb.-Apr. 1784); The Night-walker, no. 1-8 (July 1784-Mar. 1785); The Traveller, no. 1-4 (Jan.-Apr. 1785), as well as anecdotes, poetry, jokes, and the puzzles and riddles in the 'Sphinx' section.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1307
References Crane & Kaye, 960
References Times handlist, p. 45
References English Short Title Catalog, P1901.
Special numberingIssues have chronological designation only.
Other formsCumulation of Jan. 1784-Apr. 1785 issues available on microfilm in Early English Newspapers series (RPI reel 1399).
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteCumulated by: The Wit's Magazine; or, Library of Momus.
Genre/formPeriodicals.
Other titleStory-teller. No. I-V.
Other titleTown-talker. No. I-III.
Other titleTraveller. No. I-IV.
Other titleNight-walker. No. I-VIII.
Other titleSphinx. No. I-XVII.

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