The Jacobite's journal. By John Trott-Plaid, Esq;

People / Organizations

• William Strahan ("printed by")
• Mary Cooper ("sold by")

Imprint

London : printed by W[illiam]. Strahan, in Wine-Office-Court, Fleetstreet; and sold by M[ary]. Cooper, in Pater-Noster-Row, and G[eorge]. Woodfall, at Charing-Cross. Where advertisements, and letters to the author are taken in, [1747-1748]

Added name

Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, ed.

Publication year

1747-1748

ESTC No.

P1430

Grub Street ID

55239

Description

49 v. : ill. (woodcut) ; 4°.

Note

Edited by Henry Fielding; "John Trott-Plaid" is a pseudonym (cf. NCBEL)

Imprint from undated colophon

Imprint varies

Nos. 1-12 have woodcut below title, showing John Trott-Plaid and his wife riding on a donkey, led by a friar, with a panorama of London in the background

Much of the text is satirical, but includes domestic and foreign news, bankrupts, stock prices and publishers' advertisements

Description based on: Numb. 1. (Saturday, December 5, 1747.); title from caption

Latest issue consulted: Numb. 49. (Saturday, November 5, 1748.)

No. 7-33 include "Proceedings at the Court of criticism."

Uncontrolled note

Microfilm in the Early English Newspapers series reproduced from originals in the Burney Collection of the British Library