| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: A poem on the verso of the title page, though not entirely legible, appears to be related to the text. It takes the form of 8 lines, 4 rhyming couplets, begins 'Of wood & iron & strong ...' ends 'Never again shall thou my pillow cross/ Nor ... may you, doctor, bear the loss'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | B.B. Preston |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| 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: | Guillaume-Hyacinthe Bougeant, |
| Title: | La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie |
| Genre: | Other religious, Drama, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | A Douai: Chez J. Francois Roujot, 1731 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 5503 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5503, accessed: 08 December 2023 |
| The identity of the reader is highly speculative. "B.B. Preston" is the only provenance in the book. It appears that other items in the Dunimarle Library usually have the provenance of a family member when annotated by them, but this is not necessarily always the case. |
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