| Evidence: | "Mary Astell returned a borrowed copy of Pierre Bayle's Pensees diverses (4th ed., 1704) to the owner, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, with the first volume profusely annotated. On the flyleaf she write a general impression, beginning [...] "I ask pardon for scribling in Y[ou]r La[dyshi]ps Book. The Author is so disingenuous & inconsistent yt no lover of Truth can read it without a just Indignation.'" |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Mary Astell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Pierre Bayle |
| Title: | Pensees diverses vol 1 |
| Genre: | Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 4th ed., 2 vols., 1704 |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) |
| Record ID: | 5395 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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: | 64-65 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books (New Haven, 2001), p. 64-65, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5395, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
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