The Political state of Great Britain.

All titles

• The Political state of Great Britain.
• Political state of Great Britain (London, England : 1711 : Semiannual).
• Political state The political state of Great Britain for the month of ... The political state for ... Mar. 1712-

People / Organizations

• John Baker ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")

Imprint

London [England]: printed and sold by J[ohn]. Baker, at the Black-Boy in Paternoster-Row, 1711-

Publication year

1711-?

ESTC No.

P3080

Grub Street ID

56506

Description

v., plates : ports., tables, maps ; 20 cm. (8⁰)

Note

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.

Uncontrolled note

Individual numbers went through as many as three reprintings; the Feb. 1711 issue appeared on 13/15 and 24/27 Feb. and 1/3 Mar. 1711. First printings of the first 48 issues are extremely rare (cf. McLeod)