Record Number: 6959
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: has pencil annotations, opposite the title page and inside front cover, relating to the history and purchase of the book "Mr Heber certifies to me, that this is very/ faithfully reprinted from the rare Dort edit: ? [?]/ so rare that I know not of a perfect copy. / Nor have I seen more that 4 copies of it imperfect [?]"[2nd para deals with another Dort. publication]; "Bought from Blackwood's cat. Edinburgh 1796 [?] ..."; and a pen annotation on the inside back cover, a 8 line quote from a poem, by Walter Quin on Bernard Stuart, Lord d'Aubigni praising Bruce.
Century:1800-1849
Date:unknown
Country:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
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Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
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Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman, The
Genre:History, Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEdinburgh: At Dort, printed by George Waters, 1615. Re-printed at Edinburgh, by James Watson, 1718
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6959
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Gordon, Patrick, "The famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman.", (Edinburgh, 1718), various pages, [DH LIB 691].
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Citation:
Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Gordon, Patrick, "The famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman.", (Edinburgh, 1718), various pages, [DH LIB 691]., http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6959, accessed: 21 March 2025
Additional Comments:
Item has provenance but currently illegible, dated 1807.
It is possible that the annotations are by John Drummond Erskine as it is clear from other items in the library that he did not always put his name in books he used. The writing style and dates do not exclude this being his work despite the other provenance dated 1807.
