Record Number: 6225
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Marginalia]: one ms note at the end of the text: 'You are a story [?] teller I ... said Mr Joseph Emin'. Some of the page is missing.
Century:1800-1849
Date:Country:
Scotland or India
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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1776
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:East India Company writer/ later a landowner
Religion:Anglican?
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland or India
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Reader identification is tentative and inferred from inscription
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself
Genre:Biography
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Printed in the year, 1792.
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:6225
Source - Manuscript:Other
Author:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Emin, Joseph, "The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself" , (London, 1792), p. 608 [DH LIB 828]. ,
Citation:Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Emin, Joseph, "The life and adventures of Joseph Emin, an Armenian. Written in English by himself" , (London, 1792), p. 608 [DH LIB 828]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6225, accessed: 29 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Though the book was eventually owned by John Drummond Erskine and the annotation is similar in style to others in this library, there is another inscription p. 3 "15 August 1804 .... 2 Mon ...". It could be of a previous owner.
