Cobbett s Political Register Vols 16-17 1809-10 - 18 Issues

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Cobbett s Political Register Vols 16-17 1809-10 - 18 Issues, 1039 pp, half leather with marbled boards, 9.5 x 6 , 8vo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to corners and edges. Darkened boards from age and wear with toning to marbled paper. Tips and joints are scuffed with light red rot. Front joint tender. End bands are lightly crushed with red rot as well. Front gutter tender. Interior good with light toning and minor instances of foxing. Orange stamp duties placed on the rear of each issue. Free of other markings. Binding intact. Please see photos. Contains eighteen issues: consecutive run of 7 issues (Volumes XVI #1-7) from July 8 to August 19th, 1809; 11 issues of (12) (Volume XVII #16-27 from April 21 to July 7th, 1810 (lacking April 28th) The Cobbett s Weekly Political Register, commonly known as the Political Register, was a weekly London-based newspaper founded pamphleteer and politician William Cobbett in 1802. Originally propounding Tory views, and costing a shilling, Cobbett changed his editorial line to embrace radicalism, such as advocating widening the suffrage. It had a large circulation for the time of 6,000 copies. The government was alarmed by its radicalism and tried to prevent mass circulation by adding stamp duty on all newspapers, putting them out of reach of all but the wealthiest. Cobbett also published the Register in a cheap 2d pamphlet, which kept political comment but evaded stamp duty by excising news. It soon gained a circulation of 40,000. N° de ref. del artículo COLB1809DHJW

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