| Uniform title | Mercurius pragmaticus (London, England : 1647) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series |
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection UNAUTHORIZED
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| Local note | Images 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 note | Images 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 note | Reproduction of the originals from the Burney Collection, the British Library (London). |
| General note | One of the "three 'grand' Royalist weeklies of 1647," begun by John Cleveland and Samuel Sheppard, but chiefly written by Marchamont Nedham during 1648 and part of 1649. Cf. Frank; Williams. |
| General note | Title from caption. |
| General note | Place and date of publication from Nelson & Seccombe. |
| General note | Counterfeit issues of this newsbook appeared at random during its entire run, beginning with the second issue. |
| General note | Most regular issues begin with a title page poem in rhymed quatrains, signed with Nedham's motto: "Nemo me impune lacessit," and ended with a rhymed couplet. The later counterfeits also used Nedham's motto, but most lacked the end couplet and their title page poems were either not in quatrains or failed to scan. |
| General note | Signed. |
| Citation/References note |
Frank,J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660 |
| Citation/References note |
Williams, J.B. History of English journalism |
| References |
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 369.101-253 |
| References |
NCBEL, I:2102 |
| References |
Times handlist, p. 23 |
| Special numbering | A new numbering sequence begins after no.28; dates are consecutive. |
| Special numbering | Duplicate numbering, with different text, for the same dates of issue indicates counterfeits Cf. Nelson and Seccombe; Frank. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Genre/form | Newsbooks. |
