Record Number: 5716

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"Thomas Gray's copy of William Verral's Complete System of Cookery contains several marks and additions, allegedly in Gray's hand [including records of success or failure of recipes] ..."

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Thomas Gray

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1716

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Verral

Title:

A Complete System of Cookery

Genre:

Cookery

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Printed for the Author, 1759

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5716

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

251-52

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 251-52, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5716, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None