| Evidence: | 'Thence homeward by coach, and stopped at Martins my bookseller, where I saw the French book which I did think to have had for my wife to translate, called "L'escholle de Filles", but when I came to look into it, it is the most bawdy, lewd book that I ever saw, rather worse than "putana errante" - so that I was ashamed of reading in it' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 13 Jan 1668 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning daytime |
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| Place: | city: London other location: at his bookseller's |
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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: | Clerk of the Acts, Admiralty |
| 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: | Michel Millot |
| Title: | L'escolle des filles, ou La philosophie des dames, divis?e en deux dialogues |
| Genre: | pornography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ |
| Record ID: | 14887 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 21-22 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1970), 9, p. 21-22, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14887, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| co-author of text: Jean L'Ange |
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