The Diverting post.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Playford, Henry, 1657- editor, author.

Series:

17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers

Standardized Title:

Diverting post (London, England : 1704)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England)--Newspapers.

London (England).

England--London.

Genre:

Newspapers.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Monthly, Jan.-Feb. 1706

[Vol. I.] Numb. 1 (Saturday, Oct. 28th 1704.)-v. II. Numb. 36. (From Saturday June 23. to Saturday June 30. 1705.); Jan., 1706-Feb., 1706.

Other Title:

Collected with added title: Diverting-post, for the entertainment of town and country Vol. I, for the year 1705-

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Printed, and sold by B[enjamin]. Bragg, at the Blue-Ball in Ave Marie-Lane, 1704-1705.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Founded and edited by Henry Playford.

Title from caption on no. 1-36; last two monthly issues have title pages with added caption titles on p. 1.

Subtitle added with first monthly issue.

Below title on monthly issues: To be continued monthly.

Imprint from colophon on no. 1-36; imprint from title page of monthly issues.

Imprints vary; other printers or publishers include: H. Meere, Tho. Warren, H[enry]. Playford; booksellers include: B[enjamin]. Bragg, Hugh Montgomery, Tho. Hodgson [also "Hudson"], John Nutt and H[enry]. Playford.

Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating.

With continuous register between [Vol. 1], no. 1 and vol. 2, no. 36.

The first twenty-four issues collected with preliminaries and added title page, bearing the imprint: London : printed for H[enry]. Playford, and sold for him by John Nutt, near Stationers-Hall, and at most booksellers shops in London and Westminster, 1706; designation "Vol. II." begins with no. 25, but no further collective title pages are known to have been issued.

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

[Vol. I.] Numb. 1 (Saturday, Oct. 28th 1704.); title from caption.

Feb., 1706.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

None published: 30 June-31 Dec. 1705.

Cited in:

NCBEL, II:1344; II:1293

Times handlist, p. 35

McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714, p. 11

Crane & Kaye, 177

OCLC:

643154811

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