Research Catalog

Title

The man in the moon.

Publication

London : Clark, 1847-

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.
• Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821-1856.
• Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.
• Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828-1860.
• Brough, William, 1826-1870.
• Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874.
• Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895.
• Nicholson, Thomas Henry, -1870.
• Thomas, George Houseman, 1824-1868.
• Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875.
• Smythe.
• Cham, 1819-1879.

Publication Date

• [Vol. 1], no. 1 (Jan. 1847)-v. 5, no. 30 (June 1849) ; new ser., no. 1 (July 7, 1849)-
• Ceased Aug. 11, 1849? Cf. Waterloo dir.

Description

v. : ill.; 18 cm.

Summary

"A monthly review and bulletin of new measures, new men, new books, new plays, new jokes, and new nonsense; being an act for the amalgamation of the broad gauge of fancy with the narrow gauge of fact into the grand general amusement junction"--Page [4] of covers, no. 1-9.

Subjects

• English literature > 19th century > Periodicals
• English wit and humor > Periodicals
• English wit and humor, Pictorial > Periodicals

Note

• Title from cover.
• Latest issue consulted: Vol. 5, no. 30 (June 1849).
• Volume title pages and volume contents leaves issued with no. 6, 14, 18, 24 and 30.
• "Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach; with cuts by Phiz, Kenny Meadows, Hine, Nicholson, Thomas, A. Mayhew, Smythe, Cham and others."
• Editors: Jan. 1847-Feb. 1848, Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach; Mar. 1848-June 1849, Angus B. Reach; July-Aug. 1849, Robert B. Brough and William Brough.
• "The pictorial department under the direction of Robert B. Brough"--Covers, no. 23-25.
• Each v. paged continuously.
• The ill. are wood engravings. Each issue through no. 20 contains 1 large wood engraving on folded sheet (ca. 27 x 43 cm.).
• Issued in illustrated beige paper covers. Publisher's and general advertisements on covers and/or inserted in most issues.
• Vol. 1-5 also issued in publisher's bindings, in 5 v.

Indexed In (note)

• Waterloo dir. of English newspapers and periodicals

Numbering (note)

• Volume numbering begins with v. 2, no. 6.

Call Number

NDF (Man in the moon)

LCCN

13013457

OCLC

23271088

Title

The man in the moon.

Imprint

London : Clark, 1847-

Current Frequency

Weekly, July 7, 1849-

Former Frequency

Monthly, Jan. 1847-June 1849

Indexed In:

Waterloo dir. of English newspapers and periodicals, 14,227

Numbering

Volume numbering begins with v. 2, no. 6.

Local Note

Copy in NDF: Draper Fund.

Copy in NDF: Bound without covers. Poor condition. Many plates loose; many have separated along fold lines.

Arents copy: No. 1 lacks front cover; supplied from no. 13 (Jan. 1848), with number and year altered to "1" and "1847."

Arents copy: Provenance: Ja. Lomax, Stockport Advertiser; McKnight Crawford, Esq., Garvald House; Robert Cole Jr. (inscriptions on covers).

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Added Author

Smith, Albert, 1816-1860.

Reach, Angus B. (Angus Bethune), 1821-1856.

Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. Illustrator

Brough, Robert B. (Robert Barnabas), 1828-1860.

Brough, William, 1826-1870.

Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874. Illustrator

Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895. Illustrator

Nicholson, Thomas Henry, -1870. Illustrator

Thomas, George Houseman, 1824-1868. Illustrator

Mayhew, Augustus, 1826-1875. Illustrator

Smythe. Illustrator

Cham, 1819-1879. Illustrator

Lomax, James, fl. 1822-1868. Former owner

Crawford, McKnight. Former owner

Cole, Robert. Former owner

Research Call Number

NDF (Man in the moon) Library has: [Vol. 1], no. 1 (Jan. 1847-v. 5, no. 30 (Jun. 1849)

Arents BIP (Smith, A. Man 1847) 05-341 Library has: [Vol. 1], no. 1 (Jan. 1847)-v. 5, no. 30 (Jun. 1849)