Record Number: 3451
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Annotations]: Just above the printed words 'A Proposal' Peter Cunningham has added [semi-legible] 'as such of Night' and [legible] '4. Of Young's Night Thoughts 1743'.
Century:1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and bibliographer
Religion:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'A Proposal' [for subscribers to a volume of collected plays]
Genre:Ephemera, Advertisement for subscribers
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:3451
Source:Manuscript
Author:Peter Cunningham
Title:Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers
Location:National Library of Scotland
Call No:John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E)
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
Annotated page 'A Proposal' [request for subscriptions] by R. Dodsley. The MS of Cunningham's Lives contains a number of annotated sheets, some with annotations in a number of different hands. This source is a loose leaf entitled 'A Proposal'.
Citation:
Peter Cunningham, Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers, National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3451, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The NLS was, at the time of writing, in the process of recataloguing the John Murray archive. MS call numbers should therefore be carefully checked at source. This loose leaf is in a folder in the John Murray Archive, of Cunningham's working notes.