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Record 3453

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Annotation NOT in Cunningham's hand (unidentified)]: above the sentence 'Jacob Tonson is the first bookseller of any note we can treat of': 'bio. Prin & Shepherd'.
Century:
Date: unknown
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:Anon
Age Unknown
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Peter Cunningham
Title: Lives of the most Eminent Booksellers: Jacob Tonson
Genre: Biography, Publishing history
Form of Text: Manuscript: Pamphlet
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3453  
  Source - Manuscript
  Author: Peter Cunningham
  Title: Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers
  Location: National Library of Scotland
  Call no: John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E)
  Page/folio: 1

Citation: Peter Cunningham, Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers National Library of Scotland, p. John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E), p. 1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3453, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

The NLS was, at the time of writing, in the process of recataloguing the John Murray archive. MS call numbers should therefore be carefully checked at source. This pamphlet is in a folder in the John Murray Archive, of Cunningham's working notes.

 

 

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