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The Political state of Great Britain.
- Format:
- Journal/Periodical
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Standardized Title:
- Political state of Great Britain (London, England : 1711 : Semiannual).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century--Periodicals.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--History--18th century--Periodicals.
- Europe--History--18th century--Periodicals.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Periodicals -- England -- 18th century.
- Periodicals.
- Physical Description:
- volumes, plates : portraits, tables, maps ; 20 cm (8⁰)
- Semiannual (collected issues)
- Vol. I. [Jan.-June 1711]-
- Ceased in Dec. 1740. Cf. NCBEL.
- Other Title:
- Political state
- The political state of Great Britain for the month of ...
- The political state for ... Mar. 1712-
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : printed and sold by J[ohn]. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Paternoster-Row, 1711-
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Edited by Abel Boyer until his death; occasionally erroneously attributed to Defoe.
- Imprint includes year of publication.
- Imprints vary; vol. 10-11 read in part, "printed for John Baker, and T. Warner"; vol. 12 reads in part, "printed for the author".
- Monthly issues through June 1712 have city and date at head of first page of text in each issue.
- Some vols. include monthly issue title pages reading: The political state of Great Britain, with the most material occurrences in Europe. For the month of ...
- Some issues include running titles with date and a portion of the main title.
- Outer margin of each page of text includes content notes, and from v.2: volume numbers.
- Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
- Includes detailed reports on Parliamentary and court activity for the month, discusses European political and military news, with lists of promotions, budget news and copies of political documents.
- One issue only filmed at Primary Source Microfilm, the Eighteenth Century, reel 14086 - 1714:Nov.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Volume numeration begins with vol. 2.
- Monthly issues lack numerical designation.
- Vol. I-VIII reprinted in 1718-1719 as: Quadriennium annæ postremum (London: T. Warner)
- Collects, semiannually, various printings of the monthly issues of this title.
- Finding Aid/Index:
- Subjects in each volume, usually entered under personal name.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, II:1294
- Times handlist, p. 37
- McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 42
- Crane & Kaye, 733
- Goldsmith's lib. cat, 37635
- English Short Title Catalog, P3080.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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