| Uniform title | Perfect weekly account (London, England : 1648) |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Series | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| 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 | Editorship of early issues attributed to "B. D.", sometimes described as a competitor of Daniel Border; other sources interpret "B.D." as a Border pseudonym. The confusion over the identity of the editor apparently arises from a mis-interpretation of the publication dates of the first 21 numbers. Cf. Frank. |
| General note | Title from caption. |
| General note | Other title information fluctuates slightly. |
| General note | Below title of Numb. 1: March 27. Imprimatur G. Mabbot. |
| General note | Issues dated according to Lady Day dating. |
| General note | Most 1649 issues have imprints reading: Printed by Bernard Alsop (Alsop was Daniel Border's printer). |
| General note | Year dates of coverage incorrect in the first twenty-one issues; actual year of issue: 1648. Correct date confirmed by text of first issue; cf. Nelson and Seccombe. |
| General note | Some issues have misprinted coverage dates for the days of the month. |
| General note | This record subsumes all variants of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe. |
| General note | Publication ceased in October 1649 as a result of the Licensing Act of 1649, which suppressed the entire licensed press. |
| References |
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English newspaper 1620-1660, p. 128 |
| References |
NCBEL, I:2103 |
| References |
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 533.01-82 |
| References |
Williams, J. B. History of English journalism to the foundation of the Gazette, pp. 51-52 |
| Special numbering | Numbs. 4-5 omitted in numbering; Numb. 12 repeated in numbering; Numb. 10 (17 May 1647 [i.e. 1648]) misnumbered '9'; Numb. 27 (20 Sept. 1648) misnumbered '26'. |
| Special numbering | All issues are unnumbered after Numb. 29 (4 Oct. 1648) - which constitutes issue no. 28. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| Title history note | A continuation of Daniel Border's 'Perfect weekely account' of 1647. |
| Related Item | Revived as: Perfect weekly account (London, England : 1650) |
| Genre/form | Newsbooks. |