Title
Comic almanack : an ephemeris in jest and earnest, containing "all things fitting for such a work." 1840
Variant Title
Comic almanack and diary, 1850-1852
Publisher
London : [I]mprinted for Charles Tilt, bibliopolist in Fleet Street, [1834?-1852?]
[London] : Vizetelly, Branston and Co., Printers
Date
1840
Physical Description
19 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 14-17 cm.
Description
Text by various authors respresented by the pseudonym Rigdum Funnidos, gent. Subtitle varies. Imprint varies: 1841-1842: Imprinted for Tilt and Bogue, bibliopolists, in Fleet Street. "Mr. Tilt first conceived the idea ... and at various times there were engaged upon it ... Thackeray, Albert Smith, the Brothers Mayhew, the late Robert Brough, Gilbert A Beckett ..." Cf. "Preliminary" to 1878 reprint (London: Chatto and Windus). Editor varies: Rigdum Funnidos, gent. (pseud), 1835-1847; 1848-1849, Horace Mayhew; 1850-1852, Henry Mayhew; 1853, Robert Brough. "Adorned with a dozen of 'righte merrie' cuts, pertaining to the months, sketched and etched by George Cruikshank, and divers humorous cuts by other hands." Description based on: 1835; title from title page.
Local Note
Golden, C. Hannah M. Adler Coll., 52
Cohn, A.M. Cruikshank catalogue raisonné, 184
Skidmore's set is bound in 5 volumes.
Archive Location
Fox Collection - Call Number: AY758.C7 C7
Content Type(s)
text
still image
Language(s)
English
Identifier
391362_1840
