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THE REHEARSAL OF OBSERVATOR, London, England Nov. 11, 1704
* Volume 1 - Number 13 issue
* Rare 18th century publication
A variant title --& earlier date--of the newspaper titled "The Rehearsal" and much less common. This is issue #15. In the masthead is the topic of the day: "The Method of the Dissenters Towards Peace & Union".
A single sheet newspaper printed on both sides measuring 8 by 13 1/2 inches, various foxing, nice condition.
Background: The Rehearsal of Observator was an early 18th‑century London political periodical published between 1704 and 1709 under varying mastheads, including The Observator, The Rehearsal of Observator, &c., and ultimately The Rehearsal, with most issues printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. It was edited and principally written by Charles Leslie, a Tory High Church clergyman and fervent Jacobite, who used its semiweekly sheets in dialogue form to attack the Whig‑leaning arguments of rival publications such as John Tutchin’s Observator and Daniel Defoe’s Review of the Affairs of France and to advocate his own political and religious views. The title Rehearsal of Observator appeared intermittently in the paper’s early run before the title stabilized as The Rehearsal, and the complete series amounted to nearly 400 issues before it ceased publication in March 1709. Printed in London, the periodical stands as an example of the fiercely partisan press culture of Queen Anne’s reign and the ideological battles fought through serial publications in the early British newspaper tradition.
* Volume 1 - Number 13 issue
* Rare 18th century publication
A variant title --& earlier date--of the newspaper titled "The Rehearsal" and much less common. This is issue #15. In the masthead is the topic of the day: "The Method of the Dissenters Towards Peace & Union".
A single sheet newspaper printed on both sides measuring 8 by 13 1/2 inches, various foxing, nice condition.
Background: The Rehearsal of Observator was an early 18th‑century London political periodical published between 1704 and 1709 under varying mastheads, including The Observator, The Rehearsal of Observator, &c., and ultimately The Rehearsal, with most issues printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster. It was edited and principally written by Charles Leslie, a Tory High Church clergyman and fervent Jacobite, who used its semiweekly sheets in dialogue form to attack the Whig‑leaning arguments of rival publications such as John Tutchin’s Observator and Daniel Defoe’s Review of the Affairs of France and to advocate his own political and religious views. The title Rehearsal of Observator appeared intermittently in the paper’s early run before the title stabilized as The Rehearsal, and the complete series amounted to nearly 400 issues before it ceased publication in March 1709. Printed in London, the periodical stands as an example of the fiercely partisan press culture of Queen Anne’s reign and the ideological battles fought through serial publications in the early British newspaper tradition.
Categories: The 1600's and 1700's, British
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