Perfect Weekly Account (1648).

Other author B. D., active 1648-1655, attributed name.
Other author Border, D. (Daniel), editor.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[London] : [publisher not identified], [1648]
Descriptionvolumes ; 4°.
Supplemental ContentGale, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection
Subjects

Uniform titlePerfect weekly account (London, England : 1648)
FrequencyWeekly
SeriesSeventeenth 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 noteEditorship 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 noteTitle from caption.
General noteOther title information fluctuates slightly.
General noteBelow title of Numb. 1: March 27. Imprimatur G. Mabbot.
General noteIssues dated according to Lady Day dating.
General noteMost 1649 issues have imprints reading: Printed by Bernard Alsop (Alsop was Daniel Border's printer).
General noteYear 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 noteSome issues have misprinted coverage dates for the days of the month.
General noteThis record subsumes all variants of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe.
General notePublication 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 numberingNumbs. 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 numberingAll issues are unnumbered after Numb. 29 (4 Oct. 1648) - which constitutes issue no. 28.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history noteA continuation of Daniel Border's 'Perfect weekely account' of 1647.
Related ItemRevived as: Perfect weekly account (London, England : 1650)
Genre/formNewsbooks.

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