| Evidence: | 'So home to look on my new books that I have lately bought; and then to supper and to bed.'
Pepys records the following in his diary the previous day (15 April): 'Thence I to my new bookseller's and there bought Hookers "Policy", the new edition, and Dugdale's history of the Inn's of Court, of which there was but a few saved out of the Fire - and Playford's new sketch-book, that hath a great many new fooleries in it.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 16 Apr 1667 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon evening: before supper |
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| Place: | city: London location in dwelling: at home |
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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) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Playford |
| Title: | Catch that catch can, or The musical companion |
| Genre: | Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1667 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 14400 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 169 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1974), 8, p. 169, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14400, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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