Mercurius Britannicus Communicating His Most Impartial Intelligence from All Parts [electronic resource].

Mercurius Britannicus (London, England : 1652)

London : Printed by J[ames]. Cottrel and J. Moxon, 1652.

v. ; 4to.

Weekly

Numb. 1 (From Monday July 19. to Monday July 26 [1652])-Numb. 23 (From Tuesday Decemb. 21. to Tuesday Decemb. 28 [1652])

Gap in publication between 23 Aug. and 26 Oct. 1652; day of printing changed at that time from Monday to Tuesday.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

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

Originally edited by Marchamont Nedham, later taken over by the printer, James Cottrel.

Title from caption.

Imprint from colophon.

Imprint varies.

Year of publication from imprints of later issues.

Pagination and signatures are continuous.

There are two editions of no.21. The edition with "R.Wood" in colophon possibly a counterfeit?

One of several newsbooks with the title Mercurius Britannicus published during the Civil War and Commonwealth periods.

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.

Numb. 21 counterfeited by: Mercurius Britannicus, printed by Robert Wood, 14 Dec. 1652.

Nelson, C. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 283.01-21A, 22-23
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper, 1620-1660, p. 233
Times (London, England). Tercentenary handlist of English & Welsh newspapers, magazines & reviews, p. 26
New Cambridge bibliography of English literature, I:2107

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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