Blackwood's comic Zadkiel , MDCCLV [1855]
- Title(s):
- Blackwood's comic Zadkiel : an almanac at once prophetical and profitable, logical and astrological, quizzical and physical, ombrological and symbolical, astronomically comical and comically astronomical, for the year 1855 : a work devoted to all the "ologies" except tautology, and containing full prophecies upon everything which nobody wishes to know : and truthfully foretelling every future event, from the winner of the Derby to the next revolution in the wheel of time / edited by Hain Friswell, author of "The shadow of St. Paul's," "Twelve insides," "Houses with the fronts off," "The Russian empire," etc. etc. ; and illustrated by William McConnell.
- Additional Title(s):
- Comic Zadkiel
- Published/Created:
- London : James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, MDCCLV [1855]
- Physical Description:
- [10], [v]-viii, [9]-96 p., [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsAY758.C7 B56 1855Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3319621
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Added engraved t.p.
Advertisements on wrappers, first [10] p., and p. 89-96.
Printed by Stewart and Murray, Old Bailey.
NSTC, 2F17239
BAC: British Art Center copy in original illustrated wrappers, as issued. - Subject Terms:
- Almanacs, English.Astrology -- Humor.Blackwood, James -- Publisher.English wit and humor.Satire, English.Stewart and Murray -- Printer.
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings -- 1855.
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