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Record Number: 5503


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: A poem on the verso of the title page, though not entirely legible, appears to be related to the text. It takes the form of 8 lines, 4 rhyming couplets, begins 'Of wood & iron & strong ...' ends 'Never again shall thou my pillow cross/ Nor ... may you, doctor, bear the loss'.

Century:

1700-1799

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:

B.B. Preston

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant,

Title:

La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie

Genre:

Other religious, Drama, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

A Douai: Chez J. Francois Roujot, 1731

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

5503

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635].,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5503, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

The identity of the reader is highly speculative. "B.B. Preston" is the only provenance in the book. It appears that other items in the Dunimarle Library usually have the provenance of a family member when annotated by them, but this is not necessarily always the case.

   
   
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