MERCURIUS AULICUS, Number 3. Againe communicating intelligence from all parts, unto all parts of the Kingdome - No printer, no place. 1648. 4to. pp. [8]. A very good copy in original uncut...
MERCURIUS AULICUS, Number 3. Againe communicating intelligence from all parts, unto all parts of the Kingdome - No printer, no place. 1648. 4to. pp. [8]. A very good copy in original uncut condition in a modern half morocco binder's folder. Wing serial. Included in this issue from February 10 to February 17, of what was a strongly royalist weekly full of scandal touching on the sexual misdeeds of Parliamentarians is a report from Dublin ''by expresse thus .... to Collonell Jepson a Parliament man.'' This contains highly coloured and graphic complaints regarding the lack of money, food and supply for the army affecting even the officers. Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney