The 23. of May.
VVEEKELY
Nevves from Italy,
GERMANIE, HVNGARIA,
BOHEMIA, the PALATINATE,
France, and the Low Countries.
Translated out of the Low Dutch Copie.
London,
Printed by I. D. for Nicholas Bourne and *Thomas
Archer*, and are to be sold at their shops at the
Exchange, and in Popes-head Pallace.
1622.
Facsimile of newspaper page
What is considered by many to be the first bonâ fide and open advertisement ever published appears in a paper entitled Several Proceedings in Parliament, and is found under the date November 28-December 5, 1650. It runs thus:—