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
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Type of Experience(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:1816
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer and bibliographer
Religion:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Collection of Fifty Old Plays
Genre:Drama, Advertisement of plays
Form of Text:Print: Advertisement
Publication DetailsThe Advertisement states that the plays will be 'Printed for R. Dodsley, at Tully's Head, Pall-Mall'. The year is 1744.
Provenanceowned
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: 25 April 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.