Record Number: 5503
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: A poem on the verso of the title page, though not entirely legible, appears to be related to the text. It takes the form of 8 lines, 4 rhyming couplets, begins 'Of wood & iron & strong ...' ends 'Never again shall thou my pillow cross/ Nor ... may you, doctor, bear the loss'.
Century:1700-1799
Date:unknown
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Timen/a
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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:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Religion:n/a
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie
Genre:Other religious, Drama, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsA Douai: Chez J. Francois Roujot, 1731
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5503
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635].
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bougeant, G,-H. (Guillaume-Hyacinthe), "La femme docteur ou la theologie tombee en quenouille comedie" (Douai, 1731), verso of title page [DH LIB 635]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5503, accessed: 18 April 2025
Additional Comments:
The identity of the reader is highly speculative. "B.B. Preston" is the only provenance in the book. It appears that other items in the Dunimarle Library usually have the provenance of a family member when annotated by them, but this is not necessarily always the case.
