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

Mercurius aulicus (Oxford, England : 1643)

Oxford : Printed by Henry Hall, for William VVebb, 1643-1645.

v. ; 4to.

Weekly

[Ser. 1] The first weeke. ([Sunday, 1 January 1.-Sunday, 7 January, 1643])- [Ser. 3] From the last of Aug: to the 7 of Sept. 1645.

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)); series 3 unnumbered; cf. Nelson & Seccombe.
Unnumbered issue for 25 May-8 June 1645 covers two weeks.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

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

Imprint from colophon; year date given according to Lady Day dating.

Imprint is a variant of another Oxford printing of the first issue which reads: Oxford, printed by Henry Hall. 1642. Cf. English Revolution.

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

First no. issued with one of two title pages: 1) bearing the title: 'Mercvrivs aulicus, a divrnall, communicating the intelligence, and affaires of the Court to the rest of the kingdome' and the imprint: Oxford : printed by H. Hall, for VV. VVebb, Ann. Dom. M.DC.XLII [1642, i.e. 1643]. 2) bearing the title: 'Mercvrivs aulicus, a divrnall, communicating the intelligence, and affaires of the Court to the rest of the kingdome, beginning the first day of January' and the imprint: Oxford : printed by H. Hall, for W. VVebb bookseller, neere to Queenes Colledge, 1642 [i.e. 1643]. Cf. Nelson & Seccombe 275.000A and 275.000C; not to be confused with the equivalent for the London reprint (Nelson & Seccombe, 275.000B and P1263.

Thomason copy of the last issue includes MS. notes which read: "ye last Aulicus" on the first page and "here ends Aulicus" at the foot of the last page.

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.

Numerous gaps in publication during 1645.

Description based on a variant edition of the first isssue (Nelson & Seccombe 275.101B): The first weeke. ([Sunday, 1 January 1.-Sunday, 7 January, 1643]); title from caption.

A supplementary special issue: A Trve and briefe relation of the great victory obtained by Sir Ralph Hopton, was published in Oxford between weeks 3 and 4 of the regular numbers; later reissued in a revised edition.

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

This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe; cf. also P1263 for London reprints of this title published 1643-1644.

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.

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
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper, 1620-1660, pp. 34, 318
Madan, F. Oxford books, II:2043
Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p. 21
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, I:2097

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection.

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