Record Number: 6600
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[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 Talents [?] & Truth!' 'Is it that [?] can creep and pride that licks the dust' Two very brief notes on p. 342 and p. 182. Also has marginal marks | and * on various pages.
Century:1700-1799, 1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:Scotland or India
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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:Male
Date of Birth:Apr 1776
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:East India Company writer, later a landowner
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland or India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, avec des notes par M. Coste
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsNouvelle edition, Paris: Chez Michel-Etienne David, 1776
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6600
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: La Bruyere, Jean de, "Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, avec des notes par M. Coste", (Paris, 1776), various pages, [DH LIB 1807].
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: La Bruyere, Jean de, "Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, avec des notes par M. Coste", (Paris, 1776), various pages, [DH LIB 1807]. , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6600, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Likely period of annotations is 1790s to 1836 (ie JD Erskine as an adult).
