| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection UNAUTHORIZED
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| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| Local note | Images from the source library are selected or scattered issues as well as various editions of the cataloged title and related titles (where indicated in the MARC record) as representative of the general publishing history of the title during the 17th and 18th centuries. |
| General note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | Editor: Richard Collings; some issues have "Collected by R.C." on the title page. |
| General note | Title from caption. |
| General note | Title varies slightly; the edition of [no. 23] may be a piracy, bearing the title: A fine designe discovered. And Irish rebels landed', with the imprint: London : printed for Peter Cole, at the Glove in Cornehill, neer the Royall Exchange, 1643. Cf. Nelson & Seccombe 214.023B. |
| General note | With continuous pagination and register. |
| General note | Most issues from no. 24 have colophons, which subsequently vary.One issue in June 1643 was printed for Peter Cole; from July 1643 to the end of Feb. 1644, issues were printed by George Bishop and Robert White; from then until mid-June 1646 the printer was Robert White alone; other names that appear in imprints include: Robert Austin, Andrew Coe, G. L., and Humphrey Blunden, whose initials appear on colophons from mid-1646 to mid-1648. Cf. Nelson and Seccombe. |
| General note | Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | Some issues with repeated numbering and dating may be counterfeits of this newsbook as the texts differ. |
| General note | Publication ceased with Numb. 332 as a result of the Licensing Act of 1649, which suppressed the entire licensed press from 12 Oct. 1649 until mid-1650. Cf. Williams. |
| General note | This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe. |
| References |
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 214.001-332 |
| References |
Williams, J.B. History of English journalism, pp. 43, 122 |
| Special numbering | Numbering begins with the second issue (10 Jan., 1643). |
| Special numbering | Numbering irregular: nos. 22, 23, 24 repeated in numbering with the same dates, signatures and pagination; nos. 189-197 omitted; nos. 266, 269 repeated. |
| Special numbering | Slight irregularities in dating. |
| Special numbering | Gaps in publishing between 21 Mar.-10 Apr. 1644 and 28 Jan.-11 Mar. 1645. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | Revived in July 1650 as: The weekly intelligencer of the commonvvealth. |
| Related Item | Revived as: Weekly intelligencer of the commonwealth (London, England : 1650). |
| Genre/form | Newsbooks. |
