Shelfmark
Gc.7.26(09, 12-17)
Main entry--uniform title
Perfect diurnall of the passages in Parliament (London, England : 31 Jan. 1642 : Wm. Cooke)
Title
A perfect diurnall of the passages in Parliament.
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London : s.n., 1642.]
Physical description
v. ; 20 cm. (4°)
Note
Edited by Samuel Pecke.
Note
Imprint below caption title.
Note
Later issues have imprints below the caption title reading: Printed for William Cook; spelling of publisher's name varies.
Note
The first of several newsbooks with this title published during 1642. Cf. Nelson & Seccombe. This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe.
Note
Signatures are continuous.
Note
[No.1] (From the twentyfourth [sic] of Ianuary to the last, 1641 [i.e. 1642])-Numb. 12 (From the twenty eighth of March, 1642. to the fourth of April).
Note
Title from caption; spelling varies slightly.
Citation/references note
Nelson & Seccombe. Brit. newspapers and periodicals, 1641-1700, 507.1-12.
Citation/references note
Frank, J. Beginnings of the English Newspaper 1620-1660, pp. 25.
Citation/references note
ESTC, P1085.
Citation/references note
Williams, J. B. History of English journalism to the foundation of the Gazette, p. 219.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College Library on the front pastedown.
Binding
Sammelband. 17th century speckled sheep; blind double fillet to form a border on covers; single gilt fillet along board edges; red stained text block edges; smooth spine with blind and gilt double fillets; remnants of red leather spine label "Diurnal of Parl. 1642. Vol. 9'; one additional flyleaf at the beginning of volume.
Copy-specific note
Previously Cc.7.23.
Copy-specific note
Bound in a volume of Civil War pamphlets with a list of volume contents on 19th/20th century Eton stationery tipped in at the front.
Copy-specific note
ECL holds: Gc.7.26(12): number 5? (21 Feb - 28 Feb 1641), Signatures E; Gc.7.26(13): number 6? (28 Feb - 7 Mar 1641), Signatures F; Gc.7.26(09): number 7 (7 Mar - 14 Mar 1641), Signatures G; Gc.7.26(16-17): number 10 (14 Mar - 20 Mar 1641), Signatures H; Gc.7.26(14): numb. 11 (21 March - 28 March 1642), printed for William Cook), Signature I; Gc.7.26(15): numb. 12 (28 March - 4 April 1642), Signature K.
Copy-specific note
The pamphlets are bound in the wrong order in the volume and interspersed with other series.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Newspapers.
Subject
Great Britain Politics and government.
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Added entry--name
Cooke, William, fl. 1632 - 1642 printer.
Added entry--name
Pecke, Samuel editor.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52714