Shelfmark
Gc.7.26(35, 44, 61, 66, 71) (Copy 1)
Additional shelfmark
Gc.7.24(54) (Copy 2)
Main entry--uniform title
Continuation of certaine speciall and remarkable passages from both houses of Parliament (London, England : 1642 : Coles & Leach)
Title
A Continvation of certaine speciall and remarkable passages from both houses of Parliament, from
Varying form of title
Title varies: Continuation of certain speciall and remarkable passages informed to both houses of Parliament No.16-No.49
Varying form of title
Title varies: Continuation of certain speciall and remarkable passages informed to the Parliament No.50-No.54
Varying form of title
Another edition of no.43: Continuation of certaine remarkable passages informed to both houses of Parliament
Varying form of title
Continvation of certain special and remarkable passages from both houses of Parliament
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for Francis Leach and Francis Cowles, 1642. [-1643.].
Physical description
v. ; 20 cm. (4°)
Note
Title-pages include a list of contents.
Note
The imprint dates and coverage dates of issues from Jan. to Mar. 1643 are given according to Lady Day dating.
Note
Edited by Samual Pecke, this became one of the most enduring newsbooks of the period.
Note
Imprints vary slightly; issue 7 reads: Printed for Francis Leach and Francis Coles; later issues sometimes reverse the order of their names and alter spelling.
Note
Other newsbooks using a title beginning: A continuation of certaine speciall and remarkable passages ..., during Oct.-Nov. 1642, were imitations of this newsbook; the longest-lasting of these was the competing title published by Walter Cook and Robert Wood.
Note
There is a counterfeit issue of no. 43, With the title: A continuation of certaine remarkable passages informed to both Houses of Parliament, bearing the imprint: London : printed for F. Lich. and Frances Coll. in the old baylie, 1643.
Note
This record subsumes all editions (including counterfeits and rival editions, etc.) of individual issues of this title, as recorded by Nelson & Seccombe.
Note
Catalogued from a single issue no.12. (imprint October 6 ...)
Citation/references note
ESTC, P3070
Citation/references note
NCBEL, I:2096
Citation/references note
Nelson and Seccombe, 638.04-56
Numbering peculiarities note
Enumeration begins with No. 4, which continues unnumbered issues of preceding title.
Numbering peculiarities note
Published in an irregular semi-weekly pattern up to no. 31, with some dates of coverage overlapping.
Numbering peculiarities note
Nos. 25 and 47 have variant issues.
Numbering peculiarities note
No. 53 misnumbered '52'.
Numbering peculiarities note
Gap in publication between no. 52 [i.e. 53] (25 Aug. 1643) and no. 54 (29 Sept. 1643).
Provenance
(Copy 1) Bookplate of Eton College Library on the front pastedown.
Provenance
(Copy 2) Armorial bookplate of Eton College, undated, on front pastedown.
Binding
(Copy 1) 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.
Binding
(Copy 2) Sammelband. 17th-century speckled calfskin over ?pasteboards. Covers decorated with double blind fillets to form a border; gilt fillet on board edges. Spine re-backed, with blind and fillets and gilt titling over red morocco label ("Petitions etc. 1641, 2 Vol. VII"). Textblock trimmed and dyed red. Endpapers of modern undecorated paper; one flyleaf at both ends of the textblock. 20th-century repairs by R.L. Day.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) ECL holds: Gc.7.26(66): number 4 (25 Aug - 13 Aug 1642); Gc.7.26(35): number 14 (8 Oct - 12 Oct 1642); Gc.7.26(44): number 10? (23 Sept - 29 Sept 1642); Gc.7.26(61, 71): number 11(29 Sept - 1 Oct 1642).
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) Previously Cc.7.23.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 1) 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
(Copy 1) The pamphlets are bound in the wrong order in the volume and interspersed with other series.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Issues [12]-13 only: "from Wednesday the fifth of October, till Saterday [sic] the eighth of October 1642". Both imperfect: total of [4] leaves. Catchwords do not match following page, nor does the pagination.
Copy-specific note
(Copy 2) Bound with 100 other items.
Subject
Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Newspapers.
Added entry--name
Coles, Francis, ? - -1680 publisher.
Added entry--name
Leach, Francis, active 1691 - ? publisher.
Added entry--name
Pecke, Samuel editor.
Added entry--name
Day, R. L. binder.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52765