Evidence: | Adrian Johns notes "the extensive record of John Byrom's days in the 1720s spent 'reading in a pamphlet shop,' 'reading at a bookseller's stall,' staying at Vaillant's shop 'looking over the books a good while,' going into Innys's and 'read[ing] there all afternoon till after six' ..." |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1720 and 1729 | ||||||||||
Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: Vaillant's [book] shop | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Byrom |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
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 |
Author: | |
Title: | books |
Genre: | Unknown |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 6187 | |
Source - | ||
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: | 118 n.110 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 118 n.110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6187, accessed: 02 May 2024 |
Quotation from John Byrom, The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. 2 vols in 4. Ed. R. Parkinson, Manchester, 1854-7 I: 105. |
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