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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.
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Additional Title(s)
Comic Zadkiel
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Published/Created
London : James Blackwood, Paternoster Row, MDCCLV [1855]
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Physical Description
[10], [v]-viii, [9]-96 p., [7] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 18 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
AY758.C7 B56 1855
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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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.
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