Evidence: | 'So home to supper, and to read the book I bought yesterday of the Turkish Policy, which is a good book, well writ; and so owned by Dr Clerke yesterday to me, commending it mightily to me for my reading as the only book of that subject that ever was writ, yet so designedly.' |
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Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
Date: | 9 Apr 1667 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening: before bed | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Admirality, 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, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Paul Rycault |
Title: | The present state of the Ottoman empire |
Genre: | Geography / Travel, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1667 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 14393 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
Editor: | Robert Latham | |
Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | 8 | |
Page: | 159 | |
Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1974), 8, p. 159, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14393, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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