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• Uniform Title:New bon ton magazine
  
• Title:The new bon ton magazine, or, Telescope of the times.
  
• Publication:London : Printed for J. Johnston, Cheapside, and sold by all booksellers, 1818-1821.
  
• Physical Description:6 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: AP4 .N53
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    
  • Library Has: v.1(1818)-v.6(1821)
    
  • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    

   
• Extent:Vol. I (from May to October, 1818)-vol. VI (from November 1820 to 1821)
  
• Numbering peculiarities:Individual issues have designations: vol. 1: Vol. I, no. 1 (May 1, 1818)-Vol. 1, no. 6 (October 1, 1818) - vol. 2: Vol. II, no. 7 (November 1, 1818)-Vol. II, no. 12 (April 1, 1819) - vol. 3: Vol. III, no. 13 (May 1, 1819)-Vol. III, no. 18 (October 1, 1819) - vol. 4: Vol. IV, no. 19 (November 1, 1818 [that is, 1819])-Vol. IV, no. 24 (April 1, 1820) - vol. 5: Vol. V, no. 25 (May 1, 1820)-Vol. V, no. 30 (October 1, 1820) - vol. 6: Vol. VI, no. 31 (November 1, 1820)-Vol. VI, no. 36 (April 2, 1821).
  
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy in original parts; bound in publisher's printed wrappers (all except two issues). Includes publisher's slips and advertisements. Bookplate: Edward Francis Hutton.
  
• Notes:Edited by John Mitford.
  Sold by S.W. Fores. Printed by F.C. Seyfang.
  With 32 caricatures, including works by Lewis Marks and Charles Williams. George Cruikshank may have executed some of the unsigned plates, as he earlier illustrated "Town talk" and "The scourge" for the same publisher.
  The later numbers of this periodical contain numerous articles and caricatures relating to Queen Caroline.
  Indexed at the end of each volume.
  Each volume has continuous pagination and signatures.
  Latest volume consulted: Vol. VI.
  Description based on: Vol. I (from May to October, 1818); title from title page.
  
• Variant and related titles:Bon ton magazine
  Telescope of the times
  
• Other editions:New bon ton magazine
  
• Format:Periodical
• Subjects:Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
  Caricature, English--19th century.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Johnston, James--Publisher.
  Hutton, Edward Francis--Bookplate.
  
• Genre/Form:Caricatures.
  Engravings--Hand-colored--1818-1821.
  
• Also listed under:Mitford, John, 1782-1831, editor.
  Seyfang, F. C., printer.
  Fores, S. W., bookseller.
  Marks, Lewis, active 1814-1832, illustrator.
  Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, illustrator.
  Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, illustrator.
  England--London.