| Evidence: | "... [during the 1660s] eminent Stationer Benjamin Tooke said he had seen 'several quires' of a seditious work lying visible in Benjamin Harris's shop, and could be sure that they were all from the same book because he had been able freely to riffle through the sheets." |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1660 and 1669 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Benjamin Harris's [book] shop | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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| Reader: | Benjamin Tooke |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Stationer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | seditious book |
| Genre: | Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: unbound printed sheets |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 6189 | |
| 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: | 118-19 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 118-19, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6189, accessed: 01 May 2024 | |
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