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 ....' |
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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 |
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: | 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 |
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 |
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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7800, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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. |
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