Record Number: 16965
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Brief notes in pencil on the front flyleaf, and some marginalia on the following pages only (all in English): 32, 34.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1911 and 13 Feb 1935
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Florence
specific address: 'Villa Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:14 Oct 1856
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:agnostic
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Animal World
Genre:Natural history
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Williams & Norgate, 1911. Part of the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge series.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:16965
Source:F.W. Gamble
Editor:n/a
Title:The Animal World
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1911
Vol:n/a
Page:n/a
Additional Comments:
In the Williams & Norgate Home University Library of Modern Knowledge series.
Citation:
F.W. Gamble, The Animal World, (London, 1911), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16965, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
'Vernon Lee' is the pseudonym of Violet Paget (1856-1935). This volume is housed in the Special Collections of the Harold Acton Library, the British Institute of Florence