Mercurius Aulicus (1643 : London) [electronic resource].

Mercurius aulicus (London, England : 1643)

[London] : [s.n.], [1643-1644]

v. ; 4to.

Weekly

Began with: [ser. 1] The seconde weeke (8 Jan. 1643); ceased with [ser. 2] no. 47 in 1644?

In three annual series: series 1 numbered by weeks (spelt); series 2 numbered by weeks (part spelt (to no. 20), part numbered (no. 21 to 47, the last known issue of 1644)); cf. Nelson & Seccombe.
"Fourtieth week" (1-7 Oct. 1643) is a counterfeit London issue. Cf. Madan and Nelson & Seccombe 275.140B.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

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Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).

Initially edited by Peter Heylyn; from Sept. 1643 edited by John Birkenhead, who also assisted with earlier issues. Cf. Frank; English Revolution.

Title spelling varies slightly.

Years of publication and coverage given according to Lady Day dating.

First no. issued with a title page (with double row of type ornaments) bearing the title: 'Mercvrivs aulicus,a diurnall, communicating the intelligence and affaires of the Court to the rest of the kingdome', and the imprint: Oxford [i.e. London] : printed by H. Hall, for W. Webb, Ann. Dom. M.DC.XLII [i.e. 1643]; cf. Nelson & Seccombe 275.000B.

The title of another printing of the first issue (Nelson & Seccombe 275.101), presumed to be of this London reprint edition, reads: Oxford djvrnall: communicating the intelligence, and affaires of the Court, to the rest of the Kingdome. Cf. Frank; English Revolution and Nelson & Seccombe, 470.1.

The known extent of this London edition is based on that given in Nelson & Seccombe; it is not clear whether this reprinted series lasted as long as the original publication; the Oxford edition ceased with the issue of 7 Sept. 1645. Cf. Madan and Neslon & Seccombe.

The first and most important of the Royalist newsbooks, one of the few published in Oxford; later newsbooks of the period copied this title.

Variant printings of several issues are known; whether Oxford or London reprints is disputed by authorities in some cases. Cf. Nelson & Seccombe; Madan; English Revolution.

Description based on: The second weeke. (Svnday. Jan. 8. [1643]); title from caption.

Latest issue consulted: [Ser. 2] The 47 vveeke, (ending November 23. 1644).

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Scans represent the Burney Collection at the British Library, not necessarily the entire run of a newspaper or periodical.

Original edition issued in Oxford; cf. P1262.

English Revolution III. Newsbooks 1. Oxford Royalist, vols. 1-4
Nelson, C. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 275 000A-319
Nelson, C. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 470.1
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper, 1620-1660, pp. 33-34, 318
Madan, F. Oxford books, II:2043; II:1468
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, I:2097

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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