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Record Number: 16507


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Elizabeth Barrett to Hugh Stuart Boyd, c.26 February 1838: 'I saw the following advertisement in the Athenaeum of Saturday, & believing that it may interest you, do not delay to send it [reproduces advertisement for sale of 1539 folio edition of Cranmer's Bible]'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

Between 24 Feb 1838 and 26 Feb 1838

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:

Elizabeth Barrett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

6 Mar 1806

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

Evangelical

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

advertisement for rare antique Bible

Genre:

Other religious, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Serial / periodical

Publication Details

The Athenaeum no.539 (24 February 1838) p.155

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

16507

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson

Title:

The Brownings' Correspondence

Place of Publication:

Winfield

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

4

Page:

13

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1986), 4, p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16507, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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