Record Number: 6187

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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

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Vaillant's [book] shop

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:

John Byrom

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

books

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6187

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

n/a

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: 01 June 2024

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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.