Record Number: 22586

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'when he was at the University he [Edward Gibbon] used frequently to come to Town, and go to Lewis the bookseller's in Covt Garden, by way of buying Books, and sometimes merely to read or chat in the Shop'.

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1756 and 30 Jun 1777

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Lewis' Bookseller, Covent Garden

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:

Edward Gibbon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 Apr 1737

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

historian

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read in Lewis' bookshop

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22586

Source:

Print

Author:

Hester Lynch Thrale

Editor:

Katharine C. Balderston

Title:

Thraliana

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

I

Page:

94

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Hester Lynch Thrale, Katharine C. Balderston (ed.), Thraliana (Oxford, 1951), I, p. 94, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=22586, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None