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Record Number: 9585


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Virginia F. Stern notes 'Many underlinings and MS. notes' in Gabriel Harvey's copy of George Buchanan, "Ane admonition direct to the trew Lordis mantenaris of the Kingis Graces Authoritie" (1571), as well as comment '"A fine Discourse of Buchanan, but bitter in his Invective veine"'.

Century:

1500-1599, 1600-1699

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1571 and 7 Feb 1630

Country:

England

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:

Gabriel Harvey

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1545

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/academic

Religion:

Christian

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:

George Buchanan

Title:

Ane admonition direct to the trew Lordis mantenaris of the Kingis Graces Authoritie M.G.B. ... accordyng to the Scottish copie Printed at Strivilyng by Robert Lekpreuik

Genre:

Politics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1571

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

9585

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia F. Stern

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1979

Vol:

n/a

Page:

204

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia F. Stern, Gabriel Harvey: His Life, Marginalia and Library, (Oxford, 1979), p. 204, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9585, accessed: 12 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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