Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1698...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, July 21, 1698



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* Nearing the beginning of the 18th century



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1670...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 23, 1670



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measurin... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1621...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, July 10, 1682



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1684...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Dec. 4, 1684



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measurin... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1685...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, August 6, 1685



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measur... See More  

Procession to Westminster Hall in 1672 - Hilary Term begins...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Jan. 27, 1672 (Julian Calendar)



* Procession to Westminster Hall

* The beginning of the Hilary Term



The back of the leaf has a nice article providing details regarding the Procession to Westminster Hall (Parliament, England) to begin the Hilary Term (so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers occurs during this academic/legal term). See images ... See More  

Exceedingly rare newsbook from the English Civil War...

MERCURIUS ELENCTICUS Communicating the Unparallell'd Proceedings at Westminster, the Head-quarter, and other Places, discovering their Designes, reproving their Crimes, and advising the Kingdome, London, November 22, 1648.  An exceedingly rare newsbook (predecessor of today's newspapers) from during the English Civil War.

Information as provided on online notes this title was publish... See More  

"The Swedish Intelligencer" by Butter and Bourne...

THE SWEDISH INTELLIGENCER, "The Third Part" as well as: "The Fourth Part", London, 1633



* Very rare 17th century periodical

* Publisher Nathaniel Butter



 A very rare newsbook by the famed publishing team of Nathaniel Butter and Nicholas Bourne who are credited with being the founders of the English language periodical format, having published: "The Continuatio... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1684...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Jan. 8, 1684



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measurin... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1684...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 1, 1684



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuring... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1685...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Oct. 15, 1685



* Earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuring 6 1/2 b... See More  

One of the earliest 17th century newspapers you will find...

GAZETTE, Paris, France, Sept. 10, 1639  (date is in the imprint at the bottom of the back page).



* Earliest of newspapers to be had



This extremely early newspaper is filled with news reports with datelines from throughout Europe, including Rome, Frankfort, Cologne & elsewhere. There are no advertisements.

This was the very first regular newspaper published in France, started in 163... See More  

Edmond Andros off to America to be governor...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Oct. 25, 1686 



* Sir Edmund Andros sets sail

* Dominion of New England governor



The back page has a quite rare & notable mention of one of the more famous governors of colonial America, Edmond Andros.

The report, from Deale, England, mentions: "Yesterday sailed out of the Downes the Kings-Fisher, having on board Sir Edmond Andros, His Majesties Go... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1675...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 3, 1675



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, mea... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1670...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 25, 1670



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

News from throughout Europe in 1697...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Feb. 14, 1697  



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had

* Nearing the beginning of the 18th century



A very nice issue of this famous newspaper with reports from throughout Europe. Datelines include London, Dantzicke, Warsaw, Brussels, Hague, Paris, Plymouth, Frankfort and Vienna. Various advertisements on the back page as well.

Comple... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1671...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 26, 1671



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

Last issue of a very rare, early newspaper...

PUBLICK OCCURRENCES Truly Stated, London, Oct. 2, 1688 



* Rare 17th century publication



With only 34 issues of this newspaper ever published, and being from the 17th century, this is a quite rare title. And this is the last issue published: issue #34.

Curiously, the very first newspaper printed in America was titled: "PUBLICK OCCURRENCES Both Forreign & Domestick" and had... See More  

Early, rare title...

LONDON MERCURY, Sept. 19, 1682 



* Very rare 17th century publication



According to Crane and Kaye this title lasted for just 56 issues, and is held by only four institutions in the United States. This is issue #48.

A single sheet newspaper formatted much like the more common "London Gazette" with news items on pages 1 & 2, and advertisements on pg. 2 as well.

Great to hav... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1675...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Dec. 19, 1670



* Among the Earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1673...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, June 16, 1673



* Among the earliest of newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuring 6 1/2 by 10 3/... See More  

Rare publication from the 1600's...

A CONTINUATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION OF THE ESTATES IN SCOTLAND, London, England, May 28, 1689 



* Very rare 17th century publication



The year of this issue is printed in the dateline of the lead article on the front page, as the dateline contains only the month and day.

This is issue #24 of a short-lived title which existed to report on the ongoing disputes between the S... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1676...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, December 14, 1676



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, mea... See More  

Genuine London Gazette newspaper from 1681...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, March 2, 1681



* Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had



This is the world's oldest continually published English language newspaper, having begun in 1665 and is still printing in London to this day. And this is a very early, genuine issue. As was the case with most newspapers of the 17th century, this is complete as a single sheet, measuri... See More  

Reference to the Great Plague of 1666...

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 16, 1666 



* Among earliest of newspapers to be had

* Report on the great plague (rare)



Not only is this the oldest continually published English language newspaper in the world, having just begun the year prior in 1665, but it is an extremely early issue, being issue #44.

The front page has a report from Whitehall in London (location of the Royal cou... See More