Record Number: 6198
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Adrian Johns notes Samuel Pepys's use of printed lawbooks "to inform himself of 'law-notions'"
Century:1600-1699
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
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Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Civil Servant
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Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:books on laws and statutes
Genre:Politics, Law
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:6198
Source:Adrian Johns
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Title:The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
Place of Publication:Chicago
Date of Publication:1998
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Page:321
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 321, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6198, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, ed. R. Latham and W. Matthews (11 vols. London, 1970-83) I: 283.