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Record 6197

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
Reading James Harrington, The Common-Wealth of Oceana, Henry Oldenburg "took notes only from the 'Preliminaries'."
Century: 1600-1699
Date: unknown
Country: England
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:Henry Oldenburg
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Secretary of Royal Society
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author: James Harrington
Title: The Common-Wealth of Oceana
Genre: Politics
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: 1656
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6197  
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: 291
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 291, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6197, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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