Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint of the barbarous out-rages committed by the sectaries of this late flourishing kingdome. : Together with a briefe chronologie of the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this unnaturall warre, to the 25. of March, 1646.
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Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint of the barbarous out-rages committed by the sectaries of this late flourishing kingdome. : Together with a briefe chronologie of the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this unnaturall warre, to the 25. of March, 1646.
Created/published
[Oxford] : [s.n.], Printed in the yeere, 1646.
Description
[16], 223, [1]; [12], 34, [6]; [64] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Ryves, Bruno, 1596-1677, author.
Barwick, John, 1612-1664. Querela Cantabrigiensis.
Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681. Englands Iliads in a nut-shell.
Barwick, John, 1612-1664. Querela Cantabrigiensis.
Wharton, George, Sir, 1617-1681. Englands Iliads in a nut-shell.
Note
Anonymous. By Bruno Ryves.
With additional engraved title page (plate), conjugate to a blank leaf (not counted in pagination).
"Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint of the sacriledges, prophanations, and plunderings, committed by the schismatiques on the cathedrall churches of this kingdome" has separate title page with imprint "Oxford, printed in the yeare, 1646"; pagination and register are continuous. Following this is "Querela Cantabrigiensis", a reissue of Wing B1009. It is attributed to John Barwick, and sometimes also to Bruno Ryves. To the original [12], 28 p. of the latter are added new quires ²D⁸ ³B-C⁸ ³D⁶ ²E⁸ (29-34, [70] p.), comprising an addendum to the second part of "Mercurius rusticus", indexes to part 1 and to the "Querela", and "Mercurius Belgicus" with separate dated title page. Quires ³B-D of the latter are reissued from "Englands Iliads in a nut-shell" by Sir George Wharton (Wing W1544).
Parts 1 and 2, by Bruno Rvyes, were originally published at Oxford as 21 separate newsbooks between 20 May 1643 and 16 March 1664.
With additional engraved title page (plate), conjugate to a blank leaf (not counted in pagination).
"Mercurius rusticus: or, The countries complaint of the sacriledges, prophanations, and plunderings, committed by the schismatiques on the cathedrall churches of this kingdome" has separate title page with imprint "Oxford, printed in the yeare, 1646"; pagination and register are continuous. Following this is "Querela Cantabrigiensis", a reissue of Wing B1009. It is attributed to John Barwick, and sometimes also to Bruno Ryves. To the original [12], 28 p. of the latter are added new quires ²D⁸ ³B-C⁸ ³D⁶ ²E⁸ (29-34, [70] p.), comprising an addendum to the second part of "Mercurius rusticus", indexes to part 1 and to the "Querela", and "Mercurius Belgicus" with separate dated title page. Quires ³B-D of the latter are reissued from "Englands Iliads in a nut-shell" by Sir George Wharton (Wing W1544).
Parts 1 and 2, by Bruno Rvyes, were originally published at Oxford as 21 separate newsbooks between 20 May 1643 and 16 March 1664.
Relationship to other resource
Reprint. Parts 1 and 2 originally published weekly in 21 numbers: Oxford: 1643.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2008-2009. Breaking News (catalog entry 63)
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), R2448
Madan, F. Oxford books, II, 1890
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[1]
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[2]
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[3]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203457
Madan, F. Oxford books, II, 1890
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[1]
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[2]
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.1099[3]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203457
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Oxford.
Item Details
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R2448
Folger-specific note
131470. Bound in sheep. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Charles Bathurst (motto "tien ta foy")