Record Number: 16966
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Brief marginal notes in pencil in English throughout the volume.
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1898 and 13 Feb 1935
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Florence
specific address: 'Villa Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole
(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:Female
Date of Birth:14 Oct 1856
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Evolution of Sex
Genre:Science, Natural history, Evolutionary science
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Walter Scott, 1898; Number 1 in the Contemporary Science Series, edited by Havelock Ellis
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16966
Source:Patrick Geddes
Editor:n/a
Title:The Evolution of Sex
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1898
Vol:n/a
Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
Co-written by J. Arthur Thompson. Number 1 in the Walter Scott Contemporary Science Series, edited by Havelock Ellis
Citation:
Patrick Geddes, The Evolution of Sex (London, 1898), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16966, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
'Vernon Lee' is the pseudonym of Violet Paget (1856-1935). This volume is housed in the Special Collections of the Harold Acton Library, the British Institute of Florence