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Record 7795

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
[Marginalia]: marginal marks (++) throughout, one date (p. 68 'Feb, 18.19'), and very occasional comments; eg. longest example is p. 83 at the end of the section 'Tombeau de Virgile' is the ms note 'little doubt but that the Poet was buried on the other side of the bay'.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: unknown
Country: Italy
Time: n/a
Place: city: Naples
   
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: Erskine
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Unknown
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Scottish landowning family
Religion: unknown
Country of origin: Scotland
Country of experience: Italy
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Item has no provenance but the most likely annotator is one of the Erskines, given the style of annotations in other similar guide books in the collection.

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Mariano Vasi
Title: Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain
Genre: Geography / Travel
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Premiere edition Napolitaine revue et considerablement augmentee, Naples: de la typographie de Porcelli Chez G. Glass, 1821
Provenance: owned

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 7795  
Source - Manuscript Other
  Author: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, "Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain" ,(Naples, 1821), various pages, [DH LIB 1327]. ,

Citation: Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, "Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain" ,(Naples, 1821), various pages, [DH LIB 1327]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7795, accessed: 02 May 2024

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