The Political state of Great Britain.
Boyer, Abel,1667-1729.
Defoe, Daniel,1661?-1731,attributed name.
London [England] : printed and sold by J[ohn]. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Paternoster-Row,
1711-
Edited by Abel Boyer until his death; occasionally erroneously attributed to Defoe.
Imprint includes year of publication.
Imprints vary; vol. 10-11 read in part, "printed for John Baker, and T. Warner"; vol. 12 reads in part, "printed for the author".
Monthly issues through June 1712 have city and date at head of first page of text in each issue.
Some vols. include monthly issue title pages reading: The political state of Great Britain, with the most material occurrences in Europe. For the month of ...
Some issues include running titles with date and a portion of the main title.
Outer margin of each page of text includes content notes, and from v.2: volume numbers.
Some issues dated according to Lady Day dating.
Includes detailed reports on Parliamentary and court activity for the month, discusses European political and military news, with lists of promotions, budget news and copies of political documents.
One issue only filmed at Primary Source Microfilm, the Eighteenth Century, reel 14086 - 1714:Nov.
ESTC
NCBEL
Times handlist
McLeod, W. and V. Graphical directory, 1702-1714,
Crane & Kaye
Goldsmith's lib. cat,
Volume numeration begins with vol. 2.
Monthly issues lack numerical designation.
Microfilm.
Subjects in each volume, usually entered under personal name.
Vol. I-VIII reprinted in 1718-1719 as: Quadriennium annae postremum (London: T. Warner)
Collects, semiannually, various printings of the monthly issues of this title.
England London.
Quadriennium annae postremum
Political state of Great Britain (London, England : Monthly)