Record Number: 9549

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The date "1580" is inscribed by [Gabriel] Harvey on sig.Ss3v of the Florio volume ["First Fruites" (1578)] at the "Finis" of the major portion of the text.'

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1580 and 31 Dec 1580

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gabriel Harvey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1545

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/Academic

Religion:

Christian

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:

John Florio

Title:

Florio his first fruites: a perfect induction to the Italian and English tongues

Genre:

Textbook / self-education, Languages

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1578

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

9549

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia F. Stern

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

154-55

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia F. Stern, Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library (Oxford, 1979), p. 154-55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=9549, accessed: 04 October 2023

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Additional Comments:

None