Mercurius Melancholicus or Newes from Westminster and Other Parts.

Other author M. P. (Martin Parker), -1656?, editor.
Other author Hackluyt, John, editor.
Other author Taylor, John, 1580-1653, editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : [publisher not identified], 1647-1648.
Description1 online resource (volumes).
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Subjects

FrequencyWeekly
SeriesSeventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, Part II. UNAUTHORIZED
Local noteReproduced from source library: no. 3, Saturday, September 11-18, 1647 ; no. 5, Saturday, Sept. 25-Octob. 2, 1647 ; no. 9, Saturday, Octob. 23-30, 1647 ; no. 12, Saturday, Novemb. 13-20, 1647 ; no. 20, Saturday, January 8-15, 1648 ; no. 25, Saturday, January 15-22, 1648 ; no. 25, Saturday, Ianuary 29-February 5, 1648 ; no. 25, Saturday, February 12-19, 1648 ; no. 34, Monday, March 27-April 3, 1648 ; no. 34, Monday, April 17-24, 1648.
Local noteImages 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 noteDate of first issue from Thomason's MS. note on the title page.
General noteOne of several newsbooks with the title Mercurius melancholicus published during the Civil War and Commonwealth periods.
General notePagination and signatures are continuous over some issues.
General notePlace of publication from Nelson and Seccombe.
General noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteVariously edited by John Hackluyt or Martin Parker; some counterfeit or competing issues have also been attributed to John Taylor. Originally published on Saturday, later on Monday, it is likely that issues appearing on other days are counterfeit. However this record includes both genuine and counterfeit issues as reference sources disagree on their authenticity. Cf. Frank; Williams.
Citation/References note Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660
References NCBEL, I:2102
References Nelson and Seccombe, 344.01-59B
References Williams, J.B. History of English journalism, p.234
Special numberingGap in publication from 9 Oct. to 14 Nov. 1648.
Special numberingNumbering and dating are irregular.
Special numberingNumbering and dating begin with No.2 (Sept.4-11 1647).
Title history noteRevived in January 1649. Cf. Frank p.162.
Related ItemRevived as: Mercurius melancholicus
Genre/formNewsbooks.

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