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Record Number: 4455


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"... [In the 1720s] William Byrd (1674-1744) of Westover, Virginia, was keeping up with the classics in his private reading."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1720 and 1730

Country:

Virginia

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Westover

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Byrd

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1674

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

Virginia

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4455

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

153

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Amherst, 1996), p. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4455, accessed: 29 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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