Record Number: 3440

---

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Annotation]: Beside the printed words 'Just Publish'd', Peter Cunningham has added '(1744)' and [? - semi-legible - 'To Night 6' followed by [legible] '& Night-Thoughts'.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

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

---

Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Peter Cunningham

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1816

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer and bibliographer

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

---

Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

A Collection of Fifty Old Plays

Genre:

Drama, Advertisement of plays

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement

Publication Details

The Advertisement states that the plays will be 'Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, Pall-Mall'. The year is 1744.

Provenance

owned

---

Source Information:

Record ID:

3440

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Peter Cunningham

Title:

Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers

Location:

National Library of Scotland

Call No:

John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E)

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

Annotated page of an advertisement of plays just published, printed for R.Dodsley. The MS of Cunningham's 'Lives' contains a number of annotated sheets, some with annotations in a number of hands. This source is a loose leaf entitled 'Just Publish'd, in Ten neat Pocket Volumes, A Select Collection of Fifty Old Plays.'

Citation:

Peter Cunningham, Cunningham's Lives of Eminent Booksellers, National Library of Scotland, John Murray Archive, MS. 42150 (430E), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3440, accessed: 09 May 2025

---

Additional Comments:

This loose leaf is in a folder in the John Murray Archive, of Cunningham's working notes. At the time of writing, the NLS was in the process of recataloguing the Murray Archive. The MS call number should therefore be checked at source.