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The comick magazine; or, Compleat library : of mirth, humour, wit, gaiety, and entertainment. By the greatest wits of all ages & nations. Enriched with Hogarth's celebrated ... prints.

Other author/creatorHogarth, William, 1697-1764 illustrator.
Other author/creatorHarrison & Co., publisher.
Format Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication InfoLondon [England] : printed for Harrison and Co. no. 18, Paternoster Row, MDCCXCVI. [i.e. 1797]
Descriptionvolumes, plates ; 21 cm (8⁰)
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Variant title Comick magazine
Portion of title Compleat library of mirth, humour, wit, gaiety, and entertainment
Caption title Comick magazine
General noteTitle page partly engraved.
General noteChief title repeated as caption at head of first page of text.
General noteFrontis. plate in each issue forms part of a series: Industry and Idleness, detailing the progress of two apprentices.
General notePlates dated: April 1, 1796 to January 2, 1797.
General noteWith continuous pagination.
General noteCollections of jokes, anecdotes, and comick verse.
General noteReproduction of original from the British Library.
References NCBEL, II:1311
References Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p. 34
References Times handlist, p. 47
References Crane & Kaye, 1132
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCP6308.
Special numberingIssue and volume lack chronological designation apart from imprint date and dates of plates.
Special numberingNo more published.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements
Title history noteCollects, with added prefatory material, individual issues of The Comick Magazine.
Genre/formPeriodicals England 18th century.
Other titleIndustry and Idleness.

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