The ''Mercurius Gallobelgicus'' was an early

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, published semi-annually, and written in

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. It first appeared in 1592 in

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, Germany, compiled by the Dutch Catholic refugee

Michael ab Isselt Michael ab Isselt (1530/40–1597), sometimes cited in the German form von Isselt, was a Dutch Catholic exile in Cologne and a chronicler of the late 16th century. He is best known as the compiler (under the pseudonym "D. M. Jansonio") of the firs ...

, under the pseudonym "D. M. Jansonius". It was distributed widely, even finding its way to readers in England. After Isselt's death, rival continuations were printed in Cologne and

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. The Frankfurt ''Mercurii Gallobelgici succenturiati'' was compiled by

Gotthard Arthusius Gotthard Arthus or Gotardus Artusius Dantiscanus (1568–1628) was a schoolmaster, historian and translator in early seventeenth-century Frankfurt. Life Gotthard Arthus was born in Danzig on 11 January 1568. In 1589 he matriculated at the Universi ...

from 1603 to 1626, then briefly by Georg Beatus, and from 1628 by

Johann Philipp Abelin Johann Philipp Abelin was a German chronicler whose career straddled the 16th and 17th centuries. He was born, probably, at Strasbourg, and died there between 1634 and 1637. He wrote numerous histories under the pseudonyms of Abeleus, Philipp Arla ...

. The Cologne continuation, under the title ''Annalium Mercurio Gallobelgico succenturiatorum'', was the work of Gaspar Ens. It was last published in 1635.

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September 1592 edition
on

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March 1594 edition
on Google Books.
Autumn 1603 edition
of the Frankfurt continuation, on Google Books.

References

Biannual magazines published in Germany Defunct magazines published in Germany History of printing Latin-language newspapers Magazines established in 1592 Magazines disestablished in 1635 Mass media in Cologne {{latin-stub