| Evidence: | "... [In the 1720s] William Byrd (1674-1744) of Westover, Virginia, was keeping up with the classics in his private reading." |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1720 and 1730 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Virginia | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Westover | ||||||||||
| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | William Byrd |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1674 |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | Virginia |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 4455 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | David D. Hall | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book | |
| Place of Publication: | Amherst | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 153 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Amherst, 1996), p. 153, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4455, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
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