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Newcastle Courant.

Format Electronic, Book, and Newspaper
Publication InfoNewcastle upon Tyne : printed and sold by John White, 1724-1725.
Descriptionv. : ill. (woodcuts) 4°, 2° and 1°.
Supplemental Content Gale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Subject(s)
FrequencyWeekly
Series Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection UNAUTHORIZED
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.
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 noteReproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London).
General noteImprint from undated colophons (1711-1712); later imprints from dated added title pages.
General noteSubtitle varies and dropped with later issues.
General noteSome early issues signed at head; register continuous from issue to issue to letter "O".
General noteYears on issues given according to Lady Day dating until 1752; from Jan. 1752-Dec. 1768, the year of coverage is in roman.
General noteOriginally published as a 12 p. large quarto, to a full sheet in four columns in October 1770, and to a slightly larger sheet of five columns in 1796.
General noteEarly issue titles engraved within a cut of Newcastle city, the words bracketed with small cuts of city arms and the post-boy.
General noteDescription based on: Numb. 2. (Wednesday, August 1st. to Saturday August 4th. 1711.); title from caption.
General noteLatest issue consulted: No. 213. (Saturday, July 18. 1724.).
References NCBEL, II:1362
References Newsplan, Northern region, p. 162-164
References Wiles, Freshest advices, 92
References Cranfield, G. A. Engl. provincial newspapers, 75
References Stewart, P. Brit. newspapers, 176
Special numberingNumbering erratic; new series numbering occurs at unknown intervals, but including when format changed from quarto to folio.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formNewspapers

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