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Record Number: 6334


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: ms note, in pencil, in French, on verso of half-title, may relate to text or may refer to works by authors eg ' ...Esprit...,... La Fontaine...,... Rochefoucaut...'

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Unknown

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Anon

Title:

Frederic le Grand

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

[1806?]

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

6334

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "Frederic le Grand", [1806?] verso of half-title, [DH LIB 1335].

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: "Frederic le Grand", [1806?] verso of half-title, [DH LIB 1335]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6334, accessed: 30 December 2024


Additional Comments:

Item lacks its title page and has no provenance. Date of use is inferred from the likely date of publication and period of main use of the library.

   
   
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