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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799
1800-1849		Henry Cooke, in evidence to the Commissioners on Education in Ireland in 1825 [regarding books available in Irish schools]: "'I recollect reading a book, called the Se...Henry Cooke The History of Captain FreneyPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'Anna Larpent's diary mentions over 440 titles, including forty-six English novels (She preferred those by women or works of sentimental fiction); twenty-two French works...Anna Larpent variousvariousPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: form of marks in text with marginal note e.g. p.82 the word 'abita' in the text is underlined with 'abdita' in the margin; p. 479 the text 'Quin etiam blan...John Drummond Erskine OvidMetamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the argument...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms note on binding page appears to refer both to the battle of Flodden and to poems about it: '... The battle of Flodden Field which was fought between the...Robert LambeAn exact and circumstantial history of the battle ...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms note at foot of p.8 of Appendix: 'J. Claver ...[ J. Clavering is the first signatory of the letter on this page] We condemn the political mistakes of the...N.S. Cornith Joseph PriceLetter to Edmund Burke, Esq; on the latter part of...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: marginal and text pencil annotations throughout, all relating to different uses of language e.g. p. 3 after the end of the text is the ms note 'Scotch - Eve...John Drummond Erskine James BeattieScoticisms arranged in alphabetical orderPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: pencil annotation at the end of the text of v.1 (ie p. 378): 'And this is given as the character of Louis the Fourteenth Pooh! P...! What a Prostitution of ...John Drummond Erskine Jean de La BruyereLes caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, av...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms annotations in pencil on several pages eg: p. 47 at foot of page 'The English usually divide the Days into two parts only Morning and Evening - the Scotc...John Drummond Erskine John SinclairObservations on the Scottish dialect. By John Sinc...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: some pencil marks and marginal ms notes throughout the text. Generally they highlight points of grammar or translation, mostly in English but at least one i...John Drummond Erskine William JonesGrammar of the Persian Language, APrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: pen annotations on binding pages appear to be page references to a number of topics eg: "Jesseigne"; "Rajah Rannah". Occasional marks in the margins, usuall...John Drummond Erskine Francois BernierHistory of the late revolution of the empire of th...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		?My father, as before stated, was a reader, and amongst other books which he now read, was Pain?s [sic] "Rights of Man". He also read Pain?s [sic] "Age of Reason", and hi...Daniel Bamford Thomas PaineAge of ReasonPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: 2 small ms notes laid into v.3 have references to items of interest eg.(1) 'Rupert's drops'; (2) 'From Mental improvement Vol 1st ... Of artificial coral [...Priscilla WakefieldMental improvement: or the beauties and wonders of...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: has a ms annotation (of 4 lines) on each inside cover, one in Latin and one possibly in Persian. These may or may not be related to the text. On various p...John Drummond Erskine HoraceQuinti Horatii Flacci opera. Interpretatione et no...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistories of Jack the Giant KillerPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonSaint George and the DragonPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonTom HickathriftPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonJack and the Bean StalkPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistory of the Seven ChampionsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonFair RosamondPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		'At the corner of Hanging Bridge, near Old Churchyard, was a bookshop kept by one Swindells, a printer. In the spacious windows of this shop? were exhibited numerous song...Samuel Bamford anonHistory of Friar BaconPrint: Book


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