Judge, 1888 · page 3 of 69
Judge — 1888 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a title page for a collection book published by Judge, a prominent American satirical magazine. The page announces a compilation of humorous and satirical illustrations and writings previously published in Judge, credited to notable cartoonists of the era including E. Zimmerman, G. Hamilton, and Alfred Mitchell. The decorative rose illustration and ornamental borders reflect late 19th or early 20th-century design conventions. The publication is from The Judge Publishing Company in New York. This appears to be a bound anthology rather than original content—a common practice where successful magazine material was repackaged into books for broader distribution and permanence.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
FROM JUDGE. BEING A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS, SATIRICAL AND SOCIETY PICTURES CONTRIBUTED TO “JUDGE” BY £. ZIMMERMAN, G. HAMILTON, F. VICTOR, M. WOOLF, F. BEARD, S. D. EHRHART, DE MEZA, F. M. HOWARTH, J. SMITH, ALFRED MITCHELL, AND OTHER WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS: And of some of the best things from the reading columns of that publication. NEW YORK: THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMFANY. SLEEVE, PRINTER, comicbooks.com