| Evidence: | 'There is a project on foot about translating one D'Aubuisson [a] Frenchman's geology - a large book, for the first edition I am to have 60 guineas - the same sum for every succeeding edition. Brewster was very diligent in forwarding it; and tho' I neither like the book or the terms excessively, I feel much o[blige]d to him for his conduct.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 4 Feb 1821 and 10 Feb 1821 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh and / or Kirkcaldy | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 4 Dec 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer / Academic |
| Religion: | Lapsed Calvinist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jean Aubuisson |
| Title: | Traite de geognoise |
| Genre: | Geology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | First published Strasbourg 1819 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 11484 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C R Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 325-6 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 325-6, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=11484, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from Carlyle to John A. Carlyle, dated 10th Feburary 1821, written at Kirkcaldy. Pages 324-326 in this edition. Estimated date range based on previous letter (dated 30th January 1821) in which he makes no mention of this work. The specific work is the work to which the Editor assumes that Carlyle is referring. Carlyle does not make clear whether Brewster sent him the book on loan, or to keep. |
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