Record Number: 6187
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Adrian Johns notes "the extensive record of John Byrom's days in the 1720s spent 'reading in a pamphlet shop,' 'reading at a bookseller's stall,' staying at Vaillant's shop 'looking over the books a good while,' going into Innys's and 'read[ing] there all afternoon till after six' ..."
Century:1700-1799
Date:Between 1720 and 1729
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: Vaillant's [book] shop
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:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:books
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:6187
Source:Adrian Johns
Editor:n/a
Title:The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
Place of Publication:Chicago
Date of Publication:1998
Vol:n/a
Page:118 n.110
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 118 n.110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6187, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from John Byrom, The Private Journal and Literary Remains of John Byrom. 2 vols in 4. Ed. R. Parkinson, Manchester, 1854-7 I: 105.