Historic Newspapers: Royalty (pre-1900)

Dutch newsletter/pamphlet from Amsterdam, August, 1632

• Very rare 17th century publication
• Siege - capture of Maastricht
• Dutch journalist & printer Broer Jansz

A very rare news pamphlet by the famed

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

GAZETTE, Paris, France, Feb. 2, 1641  (date listed at the bottom of the back page).

• Earliest newspaper in your collection?

This title was the very first regular newspaper published in France,

MERCURIUS POLITICUS, London, England, May 27, 1652. Pages 7, 8, and 9 of this extraordinarily rare newsbook feature the complete twelve-article text of the Treaty of Jamestown under the heading:

MERCURIUS POLITICUS, London, England, June 25 to July 2, 1657

• Extremely rare 17th century newsbook
• English statesman Oliver Cromwell

An uncommon newsbook (the forerunner of newspapers) with the

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, Jan. 25, 1665 (1666 by today's calendar).

• Extremely early & RARE publication
• Rise of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zev
• Jewish - Jews - Judaica

This is an extremely

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, February 1, 1665 (1666 by today's calendar) - issue #23 (the last issue before becoming the London Gazette)

• One of the earliest & rarest of newspapers to be had

This is

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, Dec. 7, 1665

• Earliest & Rarest of newspapers to be had
• Great Plague of London - epidemic deaths

This is an extremely famous--and rare--title, being the predecessor of the

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, Dec. 21, 1665

• Earliest & Rarest of newspapers to be had
• The black plague deaths

This is an extremely famous--and rare--title, being the predecessor of the famous "London

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, Dec. 28, 1665

• Earliest & Rarest of newspapers to be had
• Great Plague of London - epidemic deaths

This is an extremely famous--and rare--title being the predecessor of the

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, London, January 18, 1665 (1666 by today's calendar)

• One of the earliest & rarest of newspapers to be had

This is an extremely famous--and rare--title, being the predecessor of

THE OXFORD GAZETTE, England, January 25, 1665 (1666 by today's calendar) - issue #21

• Rarest & Earliest of newspapers to be had
• 17th century Jewish content - Jews - Judaica

This is an extremely

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, September 17, 1666

• Among the earliest of newspapers to be had
• The Great London Fire disaster
• Charles II of England creates safety codes

Certainly one of the more notable

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Oct. 4, 1666

• The great plague era
• London fire report

One of the greatest calamities and more notable events to strike London in its long history is the Great Fire which

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 15, 1673

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 22, 1673

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for that history buff

Over

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Nov. 27, 1673

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Jan. 3, 1675

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for that history buff - 351

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 16, 1675

• King Philip's War - Metacomet
• New England Colonists vs. Indians
• First war in America (historic)

The back page has a report concerning King Philip's War, an

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, August 19, 1675

• King Philip's War - Metacomet
• New England Colonists vs. Indians
• First war in America (historic)

The significance of what is known as "King Philip's War" is

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 17, 1677

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something in your hands from the 17th century
• Unique gift idea for that history buff

This is

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, March 4, 1679

• Among the earliest of English language newspapers to be had
• Hold something original in your hands from the 17th century
• Great gift idea for that history buff

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 10, 1679

• Early mention of Edmund Halley (he was only 23 years old)

• Popish Plot (to kill King Charles II)

The back page has not one but two items concerning the

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Nov. 3, 1679

• Popish Plot (to kill King Charles II) pardon ?

This issue has two items concerning the curious Popish Plot, the fabricated scheme accusing Catholics of

THE WEEKLY PACQUET OF ADVICE FROM ROME: OR, THE HISTORY OF POPERY, London, Jan. 28, 1680/1 (1681 by today's calendar).

• From the 17th century
• Rare variant publication

This was a fiercely anti-Catholic

THE WEEKLY PACQUET OF ADVICE FROM ROME: OR, THE HISTORY OF POPERY, London, June 17, 1681

• From the 17th century
• Rare variant publication

This was a fiercely anti-Catholic newspaper, created during the

THE IMPARTIAL PROTESTANT MERCURY, London, England, Jan. 3, 1681/2

• Rare 17th century publication
• Protestants versus the Catholics

This single-sheet newspaper is a fascinating paper published during

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 23-27, 1685

• Coronation of King James II and Queen Mary
• Best publication to be had - very rare as such

This is one of the more desirable & historic events of the

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 19, 1686

• The Battle of Buda (modern day Budapest)

The front page has a report from Vienna noting: "Upon the advice of the march of the Grand Viper to relieve Buda,

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 19, 1686  The front page has a report from Vienna noting: "Upon the advice of the march of the Grand Viper to relieve Buda, the council of war hath been several

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 30, 1692  The back page has a report beginning: "There is lately discovered a conspiracy against the King's person, first carried on by the Chevalier de Grandval, a

THE ATHENIAN MERCURY, London, Nov. 19, 1692

• Rare 17th century publication
• Early optician, John Marshall ad

One of just four advertisements on the back page is a quite lengthy & descriptive ad

GAZETTE DE LONDRES, March 14, 1677  This is a rare issue of the French edition of the very famous "London Gazette", obviously printed for the French-speaking residents of London, This is only the

A COLLECTION FOR IMPROVEMENT OF HUSBANDRY AND TRADE, London, June 25, 1697

• Very rare 17th century publication

This is one of the more uncommon titles from the 17th century we have had the pleasure

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Sept. 11, 1701

• King James II of England death

The back page has an historic report of the death of King James II, the last Catholic monarch of England who was deposed

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Oct. 2, 1701

• James Francis Edward Stuart
• "The Old Pretender"

The ftpg. has a letter: "To  the King's Most Excellent Majesty" from the mayor and council of London,

London pamphlet from 1707. The full title page notes in part: "A SERMON Preach'd before the QUEEN, in Lent, 1704. At Saint James's" with more, the second edition, London, 1707.
Complete in 16

London pamphlet from 1707

• Sir William Dawes, 3rd Baronet
• King William III of England

The full title page notes in part: "A SERMON Preach'd before KING WILLIAM at Kensington, January 1701" with more,

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, May 5, 1707

• "The Acts of Union" ratification
• The creation of "Great Britain"
• England & Scotland merger

The front page begins with an announcement from Whitehall, in

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, October 27, 1707

• First Parliament of Great Britain

A very historic issue as the front page reports on the very first session of Parliament of the newly-created Parliament

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, Aug. 10, 1710  The back page has a notable report: "The Queen hath been pleased to appoint the Honourable Lord Archibald Hamilton to be Captain-General and Governor in

THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 2, 1713  This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It promoted a Tory perspective on British

THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 9, 1713

• Rare 18th century publication

This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It promoted a Tory

THE EXAMINER, London, Oct. 12, 1713

• Rare 18th century publication

This editorial-format newspaper was edited by the famed Jonathan Swift at this time (of Gulliver's Travels fame), It promoted a Tory

THE POST BOY, Sept. 8, 1716

• British architect Christopher Wren
• Rare publication w/ nice masthead

Near the top of the back page is a very significant item on the famous architect Sir Christopher

THE POST BOY, London, Sept. 18, 1716 This was one of the prominent early newspapers published in London during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
It began publication in 1695, & was a

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, May, 1733

• The death report of Barton Booth
• Poem (extracts) written by Lord Baltimore
• Value of crops in the American colonies

Probably the most notable item is the

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, November, 1737  There are two reports in this issue concerning America, one headed: "An American Story" which concerns Mexico. The other is the King of Spain's

THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, August, 1738  One of the articles within begins: "I have orders...the British subjects complain in the strongest manner of the oblique ways & unjust means which the

THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, March 8, 1739  The front page begins with a report datelined at "Naples" and which b begins: "On the 9th instant, by Order of the King an edict was published here, by