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Front page report concerning the Great Plague of Europe...
Front page report concerning the Great Plague of Europe...
Item # 679620
July 02, 1666
THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, July 2, 1666
* Earliest of newspapers to be had
* The Great Plague
This is the oldest continually published newspaper in the world, having begun just the year previous to this published date, and it's still printing today.
Not only is this a very early issue (number 66) but it is from this significant year when the Great Plague was ravaging much of Europe, including England, and is also just two months before Great Fire of London.
Relating to the Plague, printed on the front page is a death report from the town of Norwich in England which notes: "The Account of our bill of Mortality from June 20 to June 27 is thus. Buried in all 35, of the Plague 22, at the Post house 5." Any period newspapers with mention of the Great Plague are desired and increasingly difficult to find.
Complete as a single sheet newspaper, 6 3/4 by 11 inches and in very nice condition.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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