| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: a few pencil marginal marks (in form of bracketed lines of text eg p 79 has lines 203-7 bracketed), plus some ms notes in ink on binding page. The ink notes read 'Envy-Love 78'; 'Hope - Grief 78'; 'The Deluge 79'; 'Effects of changing weather 80'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | county: Fife | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | anon |
| Age | Unknown |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | James Thomson |
| Title: | Seasons, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | A new edition, Perth: R. Morison et al , 1794 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6177 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomson, James, "The seasons, by James Thomson ?.", A new edition with Birrell's beautiful print of Lavinia, and other plates. Also an original life of the author, and a critical essay on The seasons by Robert Heron, (Perth 1794), binding page, [DH LIB 1792]. , |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomson, James, "The seasons, by James Thomson ?.", A new edition with Birrell's beautiful print of Lavinia, and other plates. Also an original life of the author, and a critical essay on The seasons by Robert Heron, (Perth 1794), binding page, [DH LIB 1792]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6177, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
| In the library of a Scottish landed family but with no provenance. Given the main period of use of the library, the likely period of the annotations is 1794-late nineteenth century. |
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