Record Number: 7800

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: ms notes on some 12pp, some ink, some pencil, most in English, some in Arabic. All are notes on points of grammar or translation: e.g p.8 the text 'eight dentals ....[arabic text]; and six linguals, ....[Arabic text]' is underlined and marked +. There is a ms note '++Solar [?] letter before which ...[arabic letter] in the article[?] loses its sound and the .... is ....'

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

Scotland or India

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

John Drummond Erskine

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

Apr 1776

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

East India Company writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland or India

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

Identity of reader is very tentative. There is no provenance but this is one of several annotated language books in the collection. The others have John Drummond Erskine's provenance

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Text Being Read:

Author:

John Richardson

Title:

Grammar of the Arabick language in which the rules are illustrated by authorities from the best writers; principally adapted for the service of the Honourable East India Company

Genre:

Language

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London; Oxford: Printed by William Richardson for J. Murray; D. Prince, 1776

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

7800

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Richardson, John, "A grammar of the Arabick language in which the rules are illustrated by authorities from the best writers; principally adapted for the service of the Honourable East India Company", (London, 1776), various pages, [DH LIB 2051].,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Eskines of Torrie in Fife: Richardson, John, "A grammar of the Arabick language in which the rules are illustrated by authorities from the best writers; principally adapted for the service of the Honourable East India Company", (London, 1776), various pages, [DH LIB 2051]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7800, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Although there are other similarily marked language items in the collection, clearly associated with John Drummond Erskine, many of his books had previous owners. A possible provenance has either been cut off the title page or been accidentally torn off.