Book/Printed Material Image 1 of The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. 1784-May 1785.

About this Item

About this Item

Title

  • The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. 1784-May 1785.

Other Title

  • Wit's magazine
  • Library of Momus

Names

  • Blake, William, 1757-1827, engraver.
  • Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809, editor.
  • Saner, James, former owner.
  • Harrison and Co. (London, England), publisher.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for Harrison and Co., 1784-1785.

Headings

  • -  English wit and humor--Periodicals
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Monthly.
  • -  Frontispiece and 4 of the plates in volume 1 engraved by William Blake.
  • -  Thomas Holcroft, editor.
  • -  No more published.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1830
  • -  Keynes, G.L. Bibliography of W. Blake (New York, 1921), 98
  • -  English short title catalogue, P1902
  • -  LAC tnb 2021-03-02 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-13 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. in 1. fold. front., fold. plates. 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • AP3 .W55
  • AP3 .W55 Copy 3 Rosenwald Coll.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 24015225

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Blake, William, Engraver, James Saner, Publisher Harrison And Co, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. -May 1785. editeds by Holcroft, Thomas London, Printed for Harrison and Co., to 1785, 1784. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/24015225/.

APA citation style:

Blake, W., Saner, J., Harrison And Co, P. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Holcroft, T., ed. (1784) The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. -May 1785. London, Printed for Harrison and Co., to 1785. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/24015225/.

MLA citation style:

Blake, William, Engraver, et al. The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus. Being a compleat repository of mirth, humour, and entertainment ... v. 1-2; Jan. -May 1785. ed by Holcroft, Thomas London, Printed for Harrison and Co., to 1785, 1784. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/24015225/>.