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Mercurius pragmaticus, (for King Charles II.) (London, England : Apr 1649)
17th and 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers Available from 1649 until 1649. Available online
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- Journal/Periodical
- Newspaper
- Series:
- Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
- Standardized Title:
- Mercurius pragmaticus, (for King Charles II.) (London, England : Apr 1649)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History--Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660--Newspapers.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Newsbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v. )
- Weekly
- 2 pars. Num. 1 (From Tuesday, Aprill 17. to Tuesday, Aprill 24. 1649)-Part 2. Nu. 55 (From Tuesday May 21. to Tuesday May 28. 1650)
- Other Title:
- Mercurius pragmaticus,
- Notes:
- Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
- Attributed to Marchamont Nedham.
- This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe.
- Counterfeits attributed to John Cleveland. Cf. Nelson & Seccombe and Frank p. 194
- Title from caption.
- Place of publication from Nelson & Seccombe.
- Each issue begins with a title page poem in rhymed quatrains, signed with Nedham and Cleveland's motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit," and ends with a rhymed couplet.
- Signed.
- From no. 4-15 many issues have duplicate numbers with the same dates, one of which is a counterfeit with a different text.
- Cited in:
- NCBEL, I:2106
- Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 370.01-55
- Times handlist, p.24
- Frank, J. Beginins of the English newspaper 1620-1660
- OCLC:
- 643152184
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