Evidence: | 'Oct. 24. Tuesday. We visited the King's library.—I saw the "Speculum humanae Salvationis", rudely printed with ink, sometimes pale, sometimes black; part supposed to be with wooden types, and part with pages cut in boards.—The Bible, supposed to be older than that of Mentz, in 62 [1462]; it has no date, it is supposed to have been printed with wooden types.—I am in doubt; the print is large and fair, in two folios.—Another book was shewn me, supposed to have been printed with wooden types;—I think, "Durandi Sanctuarium in 58 [1458]. This is inferred from the difference of form sometimes seen in the same letter, which might be struck with different puncheons.—The regular similitude of most letters proves better that they are metal.—I saw nothing but the "Speculum" which I had not seen, I think, before'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | 24 Oct 1775 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Versailles specific address: King's Library |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Samuel Johnson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Sep 1709 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | Anglican |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | anon. |
Title: | Speculum humanae Salvationis |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | a fifteenth century edition |
Provenance: | read in situ at the King's Library, Versailles |
Record ID: | 21561 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | James Boswell | |
Editor: | R.W. Chapman | |
Title: | Life of Johnson | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 653-4 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 653-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21561, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Original date of publication 1791. Johnson was in France with the Thrales |
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