Evidence: | H. J. Jackson discusses second annotator of 1791 copy of Rousseau, A Treatise on the Social Compact; or, The Principles of Politic Law; ownership inscription in same hand reads "'H. B. L. Webb / Brent House / Master Brace / 30th Dec. 1909. / (Bought at old Bennett's in Castle St.).'" Notes include reference to 1910 elections and comments such as "'very flimsy here'"; "'Pah!'" and (in response to Rousseau's assertion that comparisons between different nations' early religious beliefs "'an absurd part of erudition,'") "'And yet, Jean Jacques, comparitive mythology has told us a different tale about this 'absurd part of erudition'!'" |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1909 and 1910 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | H. B. L. Webb |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
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: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Title: | A Treatise on the Social Compact; or, The Principles of Politic Law |
Genre: | Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1791 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 5466 | |
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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: | 79 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 79, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5466, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
Source author conjectures that reader male and "at a school, either as a senior pupil or a junior master". Also (on p.78) reproduces note made by first annotator on front flyleaf, which explains how this owner acquired the book following decision that it (and other radical and reformist texts) be "'expelled'" from Shrewsbury (subscription) Library at meeting on 4 May 1798; no evidence, however, that this owner/annotator read the book. |
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