Record Number: 6214
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"[Meric Casaubon] described an encounter with a work on Etruscan antiquities which he had come across in a Stationer's shop in London ...Casaubon had found its engravings so impressive that he had all but lost control of his body ... buying the volume, Casaubon began to read it as he embarked on a boat for Gravesend ... [finding that] Every line of the work was fraudulent."
Century:1600-1699
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
other location: Stationer's bookshop
(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:1599
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
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:bogus work on Etruscan antiquities
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:6214
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:426-27
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 426-27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6214, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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