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Record Number: 16754


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Considerable marginalia in pencil, mainly in English, but some in German, throughout the volume. This volume was given to Vernon Lee by Lujo Brentano (no date recorded).

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1916 and 13 Feb 1935

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence
specific address: Villa 'Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole

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:

Vernon Lee

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Lujo Brentano

Title:

Die Anf?nge des modernen Kapitalismus

Genre:

Social Science, Politics, economics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

M?nchen: K.B. Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1916

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

16754

Source:

Print

Author:

Lujo Brentano

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Die Anf?nge des modernen Kapitalismus

Place of Publication:

M?nchen

Date of Publication:

1916

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Lujo Brentano, Die Anf?nge des modernen Kapitalismus (M?nchen, 1916), http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=16754, accessed: 01 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

   
   
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