Record Number: 7905
Reading Experience:
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'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: 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 DetailsLondon: Printed for J. Johnson, 1807
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7905
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
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].
Additional Information:
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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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7905, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Identity is of reader is tentative, based on the most likely of three provenances in the book.
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.
