Record Number: 12044

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I went to the Temple and there spent my time in a bookseller's shop, reading in a book of some Embassages into Moscovia, &c., where was very good reading.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

17 Dec 1663

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: London
other location: bookseller's shop in Temple

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1663

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Adam Olearius

Title:

The voyages and travels of the ambassadors from the Duke of Holstein, to the Great Duke of Muscovy, and the King of Persia

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel, Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

translated by John Davies 1662

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12044

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

4

Page:

425

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 4, p. 425, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12044, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None