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The Reading mercury: or, London spy.

Format Electronic, Book, and Newspaper
Publication InfoReading [England] : printed by W[illiam]. Carnan, at the printing-office in the Market-Place: and sold by A. Pote, over against the College in Eton: Mr. Ellot, in Newbury: by Judith Titheridge, in Basingstoke, Wiliam Prier, in Winchester: Edward Easton, in Sarum, and by th newsmen. By all whom letters advertisements from correspondents are taken in, 1737.
Descriptionvolumes ; 2⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Variant title Reading mercury
Other title Reading mercury: or the London spy <Aug. 1736-Jan. 1737>
Variant title Portion of title: London spy
FrequencyWeekly
General noteTitle varies slightly in 1737.
General noteWith woodcut of Reading below title.
General noteImprint from colophon; imprint lacks dates.
General notePrice on date line: "2d".
General noteIssue number from head of title.
General noteNote below imprint advertises printing and woodcut business.
General notePrinted in three columns.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References NCBEL, II:1365
References Wiles, R.M. Freshest advices, 122
References NEWSPLAN. LASER, p. 221
References English Short Title Catalog, P2918.
Special numberingNumeration continues from previous title.
Special numberingExtent of run unknown; no copies known after Feb. 1738 with this title.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Preceding title Reading post, or weekly mercury
Succeeding title Reading mercury, or weekly post
Genre/formNewspapers England 18th century.

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