Record Number: 12057
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I to my booksellers and there spent an hour looking over "Theatrum Urbium" and "Flandria illustrata", with excellent cuts, with great content.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:4 Feb 1664
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
specific address: St Paul's churchyard
other location: bookseller's shop
(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:23 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Theatrum civitatum... Italie [OR] Ubrium praecipuarum mundi theatrum quintum
Genre:Geography / Travel, Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details"Theatrum" published 1663
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:12057
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:5
Page:38
Additional Comments:
Co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1970), 5, p. 38, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12057, accessed: 14 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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