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Francis Douce
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John Whitaker : History of Manchester
In his copy of John Whitaker, The History of Manchester, Francis Douce "[backed] up a sarcastic note (I: vii) about the defects of the author's style and his overreliance on sentences beginning with the conjunctions 'and' or 'but' ... by underlining every single instance of a sentence beginning with 'and ' in the two volumes."
Century: 1700-1799 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Douce Print: Book
John Brand : Observations on Popular Antiquities
"When John Brand had a copy of his Observations on Popular Antiquities (1777) interleaved to take materials for a revised edition, he drafted a paragraph of acknowledgements [on one of the interleaves of the same copy] with specific reference to [Francis] Douce, 'who had enriched an interleaved Copy of my former Book with many very pertinent notes & illustrations ...'"
Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Douce Print: Book
James Granger : Biographical History
H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotation of James Granger, Biographical History (1779).
Century: 1700-1799 / 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Douce Print: Book
John Whitaker : The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed
H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotations (which are "not generous") of copies of John Whitaker, The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed (1804) and The History of Manchester (1771; 1775), both bequeathed by him to the British Museum; quotes extensive note in which Douce attacks Whitaker's scholarship at point where Whitaker has attempted to correct one of his (Douce's) previous remarks on etymology.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Francis Douce Print: Book
John Whitaker : The History of Manchester
H. J. Jackson notes Francis Douce's reading and annotations (which are "not generous") of copies of John Whitaker, The Ancient Cathedral of Cornwall Historically Surveyed (1804) and The History of Manchester (1771; 1775), both bequeathed by him to the British Museum; quotes extensive note in which Douce attacks Whitaker's scholarship at point where Whitaker has attempted to correct one of his (Douce's) previous remarks on etymology.
