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The Reading Mercury or Weekly Entertainer. Vol. I. Numb. 1 Monday July 8 1723. [Facsimile reissue].

W. Parks and D. Kinnier, next Door to the Saracen's Head, in - High-Street, Reading, 1723

23.00 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1723
Author
Anon
Publishers
W. Parks and D. Kinnier, next Door to the Saracen's Head, in, High-Street, Reading
Keyword
topography, berkshire, berks, reading, newspapers, reading mercury, anon, topography, berkshire, reading, mercury, weekly, entertainer
Languages
English

Description

Sm. 4to., 12pp., black-letter throughout, with a large woodcut illustrations and woodcut initial in the text; a near fine copy. Good quality facsimile of the original edition. The Reading Mercury was the town's first newspaper, one of the first in the UK and older than The Times. See Horrocks, p.157.
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