Record Number: 7900

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'On this day I finis'd Sullivan's "View of Nature" w'ch I had from the Library Society from w'ch & from the Book Society we were now finish'd with as many books as we co'd get thro'.'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

27 Jan 1795

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Chichester
location in dwelling: home?

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 Marsh

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

31 May 1752

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Musian / composer / gentleman

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan

Title:

A View of nature, in Letters to a Traveller among the Alps

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (private library)
Library of the Book Society in Chichester

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7900

Source:

Print

Author:

John Marsh

Editor:

Brian Robins

Title:

The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828)

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

568

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

John Marsh, Brian Robins (ed.), The John Marsh Journals. The life and times of a gentleman composer (1752-1828), (New York, 1998), p. 568, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7900, accessed: 21 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None