| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: marginal marks (x, }, |) plus occasional comments, either single words or short notes eg: p. 74 after the text 'His wit seemed to be incorporated with his very turn of thinking and manner of viewing arguments and objects' is followed by the ms note 'This I can aver; which dis...[?] one often. I love instantaneous wit! not wit, like forced asparagus at Christmas!'; p. 167 after the text 'A person, it seems, was carrying, from the east coast of Fife, an hundred rabbits, to occupy a warren in the West Highlands' is the ms note 'a very drole adventure'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Pitts |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Unknown/NA |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | unknown |
| Country of experience: | unknown |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Identity is of reader is tentative, based on the most likely of three provenances in the book. |
| Author: | James Hall |
| Title: | Travels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides: containing hints and improvements in agriculture and commerce... |
| Genre: | Social Science, Geography / Travel, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1807 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 7905 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the local history collection of Duff House, Banff: Hall, James, "Travels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides: containing hints and improvements in agriculture and commerce. With characters and anecdotes. Embellished with views of striking objects, and a map of the Caledonian canal", (London, 1807), various pages, [DH 2002.05]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the local history collection of Duff House, Banff: Hall, James, "Travels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides: containing hints and improvements in agriculture and commerce. With characters and anecdotes. Embellished with views of striking objects, and a map of the Caledonian canal", (London, 1807), various pages, [DH 2002.05]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7905, accessed: 04 June 2023 |
| Of the three provenances, one is a very recent bookplate (1965), one the original owner, "Smyth 1810". The book was then given as a gift to George Pitts on December 25th 1828. It seems unlikely that the book was annotated before being presented to him. It was purchased for the Duff House library in 2002. |
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