Record Number: 12057

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

4 Feb 1664

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: London
specific address: St Paul's churchyard
other location: bookseller's shop

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

23 Feb 1633

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Admiralty, 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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

J Blaeu

Title:

Theatrum civitatum... Italie [OR] Ubrium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum

Genre:

Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

"Theatrum" published 1663

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

12057

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Pepys

Editor:

Robert Latham

Title:

The diary of Samuel Pepys

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1970

Vol:

5

Page:

38

Additional Comments:

Co-editor William Matthews

Citation:

Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 5, p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12057, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None