Record Number: 6189
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"... [during the 1660s] eminent Stationer Benjamin Tooke said he had seen 'several quires' of a seditious work lying visible in Benjamin Harris's shop, and could be sure that they were all from the same book because he had been able freely to riffle through the sheets."
Century:1600-1699
Date:Between 1660 and 1669
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: Benjamin Harris'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:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Stationer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:seditious book
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: unbound printed sheets
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:6189
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:118-19
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 118-19, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6189, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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