Lot 262
England
Newspapers and newsbooks, 1655-90
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
Collection of mainly single-sheet folio-size newspapers printed in England, disbound, in general toned and edgeworn, comprising:
The London Gazette. London, 1666-96. Approx. 90 issues from April 1666 to August 1996, among subjects covered are the Pentland Rising of 1666, Great Fire of London, Battle of Sedgemoor, death of Charles II, and birth of a son to James II/VII [ESTC P1830];
Mercurius Politicus, Comprising the Sum of Foreine Intelligence. No. 297. London: Tho. Newcombe, 1655. 4to, [16] pp., 1 issue of newsbook printed 1650-60 [ESTC P1216];
The Newes Published for the Satisfaction and Information of the People. No. 51. London: Richard Hodgkinson, 1664. 4to, [8] pp., 1 issue of newsbook printed 1663-66 [ESTC P1539];
The Oxford Gazette. Nos 1 and 9. Oxford/London, 1665. Semi-weekly newspaper printed 1665-66 in Oxford and London, no.1 has no chronological designation but covers the period 4th-14th November 1665 [ESTC P1829];
A Continuation of the Proceedings of the Convention of the Estates in Scotland. No. 7 (6th-9th April 1689). London, 1689. Report from the Scottish Parliament including the declaration of the Estates that James II/VII ‘hath forfaulted the right of the Crown and the throne is vacant’ [ESTC P1876];
The Domestick Intelligence: or News both from the City and Country Impartially Related. No. 42 (13th-17th October 1681). London, 1681. [ESTC P1561];
The True Protestant Mercury, or, Occurrences Foreign and Domestick. Nos 57 and 115. London, 1681. [ESTC P1678];
The Observator.Vol. 1, no. 152 (18th October 1684). London, 1684. [ESTC P1873];
A Continuation of the Proceedings of the Parliament in Scotland. Nos 44 and 52. London, 1689. Reports from the Scottish Parliament including the details of the act restoring presbytery and the battle of Dunkeld [ESTC P1878];
together with ‘A True and Impartial Account of the Examinations and Confessions of Several Execrable Conspirators against the King and His Government in Scotland’ (London, 1681). First edition, folio (29.5 x 19cm) [ESTC R21336] (100+)