| 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. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland or India | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | John Drummond Erskine |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Jean de La Bruyere |
| Title: | Les caracteres de Theophraste et de La Bruyere, avec des notes par M. Coste |
| Genre: | Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Nouvelle edition, Paris: Chez Michel-Etienne David, 1776 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6600 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | 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]. , |
| 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://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6600, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
| Likely period of annotations is 1790s to 1836 (ie JD Erskine as an adult). |
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