Mercurius Elencticus (1647) [electronic resource].

Mercurius elencticus (London, England : 1647)

[London] : [s.n.], [1647-1649]

v. ; 4to.

Weekly

[Numb. 1] (From Friday, 29. of Octob. til Friday the 5. of Novemb. 1647)-Numb. 56. (From Tuesday the 6. till Tuesday the 13. of Febr. 1648. [i.e. 1649]).

Most issues published on Wednesday; others published Friday, Tuesday or Monday.
Numbering begins with the second issue: Numb. 2 (5-12 Nov. 1647)
Numbering irregular after 9 Jan. 1649.
Variant of Numb. 36 is misnumbered '3', and has a different text; Numb. 46 also has a variant issue with different text; both variants have been described as counterfeits. Cf. Frank.
Gaps in publication during Dec. 1648 and Jan. 1649.

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection

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

Edited by George Wharton, with assistance from Samuel Sheppard when Wharton was in prison. Cf. Frank.

Title from caption.

Place of publication from Nelson & Seccombe.

Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating.

Pagination and signatures are continuous.

The last issue described, while not always attributed to Wharton, matches earlier issues in appearance and style, continuing the attack on the regicide John Bradshaw begun in the issue of Feb. 7, 1649. Cf. Frank.

Nelson & Seccombe give last issue as No.59 (2-9 Jan. 1649).

The text of the issue of Feb. 7, 1649, describing the execution of King Charles I (not in the Thomason collection), has been reprinted by J. B. Williams.

This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe.

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.

At least one counterfeit issue with the same title was published 28 Feb. 1649.

Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper, 1620-1660
Nelson, C. British newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 312.01-59
Williams, J.B. History of English journalism to the foundation of the Gazette, pp. 200-210

Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection.

Great Britain -- England -- London.

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