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Record Number: 16970


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Detailed summary of notes on front inside cover, flyleaf, title page, half-title page, first page of text, and rear inside cover. Very heavily annotated, with marginalia in both English and German throughout. This book was also read by Mario Calderoni and his marginal annotations are also evident. Read by Vernon Lee in March 1913 and re-read in 1920.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Mar 1913 and 31 Mar 1913

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Florence
specific address: 'Villa Il Palmerino', Maiano, near Fiesole

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:

Vernon Lee

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:

Rudolf Goldscheid

Title:

H?herentwicklung und Menschen?konomie: grundlegung der sozialbiologie

Genre:

Social Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Leipzig: Werner Klinkhardt, 1911

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

16970

Source:

Print

Author:

Rudolf Goldscheid

Editor:

n/a

Title:

H?herentwicklung und Menschen?konomie: grundlegung der sozialbiologie

Place of Publication:

Leipzig

Date of Publication:

1911

Vol:

n/a

Page:

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Rudolf Goldscheid, H?herentwicklung und Menschen?konomie: grundlegung der sozialbiologie, (Leipzig, 1911), http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16970, accessed: 19 April 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

   
   
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