Record Number: 5772

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"When John Brand had a copy of his Observations on Popular Antiquities (1777) interleaved to take materials for a revised edition, he drafted a paragraph of acknowledgements [on one of the interleaves of the same copy] with specific reference to [Francis] Douce, 'who had enriched an interleaved Copy of my former Book with many very pertinent notes & illustrations ...'"

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Francis Douce

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1757

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Brand

Title:

Observations on Popular Antiquities

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Newcastle, 1777

Provenance

borrowed (other)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5772

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

62

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 62, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5772, accessed: 25 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None