| Evidence: | H. J. Jackson discusses copious annotations and commentary by unidentified, contemporary male reader in copy of William Mudford, Nubilia in Search of a Husband (1809); annotations include subject headings, and remarks including "'The preceding observations on tuition are, I make no doubt, very just ...'" and "'Let a certain fair reader attend to this passage.'" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Mudford |
| Title: | Nubilia in Search of a Husband |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5399 | |
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| Author: | H. J. Jackson | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 69-72 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 69-72, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5399, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
| Jackson conjectures that reader/annotator "the 'A. Urquhart' who signed the title page in 1812," as "the hand appears to match that of the annotations" (Jackson 70). |
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