Record Number: 4455
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"... [In the 1720s] William Byrd (1674-1744) of Westover, Virginia, was keeping up with the classics in his private reading."
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1720 and 1730
Country:Virginia
Timen/a
Place:city: Westover
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4455
Source: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:
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Citation:
David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book, (Amherst, 1996), p. 153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4455, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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