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Record Number: 18364


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[during an encounter with a Madame de Villegard who showed her 'curious old books on the black art'] I read some of the letterpress of the cabalistic books, which indeed appeared to me nonsense. Madame de V[-] looked wise and pleased, because I listened to her, and she said, if I would study any branch of the occult sciences, all her works on these subjects were at my disposal'.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

14 Mar 1815

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Nice

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:

Charlotte Bury

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

18 Feb 1775

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Lady-in-waiting

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

'curious books on the black arts'

Genre:

Astrology / alchemy / occult

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
in library of Madame de Villegarde


Source Information:

Record ID:

18364

Source:

Print

Author:

Charlotte Bury

Editor:

A. Francis Steuart

Title:

Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1908

Vol:

I

Page:

329

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Charlotte Bury, A. Francis Steuart (ed.), Diary of a Lady-in-Waiting, The (London, 1908), I, p. 329, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18364, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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