Record Number: 6215

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"[Meric Casaubon] described an encounter with a work on Etruscan antiquities which he had come across in a Stationer's shop in London ...Casaubon had found its engravings so impressive that he had all but lost control of his body ... buying the volume, Casaubon began to read it as he embarked on a boat for Gravesend ... [finding that] Every line of the work was fraudulent."

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: On board (?Thames) boat to Gravesend

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Meric Casaubon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1599

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

bogus work on Etruscan antiquities

Genre:

Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6215

Source:

Print

Author:

Adrian Johns

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Place of Publication:

Chicago

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

426-27

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 426-27, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6215, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None