Record Number: 6177
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: a few pencil marginal marks (in form of bracketed lines of text eg p 79 has lines 203-7 bracketed), plus some ms notes in ink on binding page. The ink notes read 'Envy-Love 78'; 'Hope - Grief 78'; 'The Deluge 79'; 'Effects of changing weather 80'.
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849, 1850-1899
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:county: Fife
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:Unknown
Gender:Unknown
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Seasons, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsA new edition, Perth: R. Morison et al , 1794
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6177
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomson, James, "The seasons, by James Thomson ?.", A new edition with Birrell's beautiful print of Lavinia, and other plates. Also an original life of the author, and a critical essay on The seasons by Robert Heron, (Perth 1794), binding page, [DH LIB 1792].
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Thomson, James, "The seasons, by James Thomson ?.", A new edition with Birrell's beautiful print of Lavinia, and other plates. Also an original life of the author, and a critical essay on The seasons by Robert Heron, (Perth 1794), binding page, [DH LIB 1792]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6177, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
In the library of a Scottish landed family but with no provenance. Given the main period of use of the library, the likely period of the annotations is 1794-late nineteenth century.
