Record Number: 7795
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: marginal marks (++) throughout, one date (p. 68 'Feb, 18.19'), and very occasional comments; eg. longest example is p. 83 at the end of the section 'Tombeau de Virgile' is the ms note 'little doubt but that the Poet was buried on the other side of the bay'.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Naples
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:Gentry
Occupation:Scottish landowning family
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPremiere edition Napolitaine revue et considerablement augmentee, Naples: de la typographie de Porcelli Chez G. Glass, 1821
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:7795
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, "Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain" ,(Naples, 1821), various pages, [DH LIB 1327].
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Vasi, Mariano, "Itineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou description generale ? de cette ville celebre et de ses environs, antiquaire Romain" ,(Naples, 1821), various pages, [DH LIB 1327]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7795, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Item has no provenance but the most likely annotator is one of the Erskines, given the style of annotations in other similar guide books in the collection.
