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Record Number: 6188


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Adrian Johns notes "the extensive record of John Byrom's days in the 1720s spent 'reading in a pamphlet shop,' 'reading at a bookseller's stall,' staying at Vaillant's shop 'looking over the books a good while,' going into Innys's and 'read[ing] there all afternoon till after six' ..."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

Between 1720 and 1729

Country:

n/a

Time

afternoon
evening

Place:

other location: Innys's [?book shop]

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:

John Byrom

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ


Source Information:

Record ID:

6188

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:

118 n.110

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 118 n.110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6188, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Quotation from John Byrom, The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. 2 vols in 4. Ed. R. Parkinson, Manchester, 1854-7 I: 108.

   
   
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