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Record Number: 5669


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson notes annotations (including corrections and updatings to text and notes) by Francis Hargrave in copy of his own edition of Edward Coke's Commentary upon Littleton (1775).

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Francis Hargrave

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1741

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lawyer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Coke

Title:

The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England; or, A Commentary upon Littleton

Genre:

Law

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Ed Francis Hargrave. London: Kearsley, 1775

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

5669

Source:

Print

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:

215-16

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 215-16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5669, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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