Evidence: | 'so did not enlarge, but took leave and went down and sat in a low room reading Erasmus "de scribendis Epistolis", a very good book; especially, one letter of advice to a Courtier most true and good - which made me once resolve to tear out the two leaves that it was writ in - but I forebore it.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 27 Jan 1667 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | daytime | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London other location: palace? |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
Religion: | Church of England |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Desiderius Erasmus |
Title: | De conscribendis epistolis |
Genre: | treatise on letter writing |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 14378 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 32 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1974), 8, p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14378, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
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