Record Number: 6239

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: form of marks in text with marginal note e.g. p.82 the word 'abita' in the text is underlined with 'abdita' in the margin; p. 479 the text 'Quin etiam blandas movere per aera cauda' is asterixed with in the margin 'In the lioness this is the mark of anger'. The inside back cover has a note in Latin 'posterior .... supe ... mens ... priores' with a sketch of foliage above which may or may not be connected.

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:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ovid

Title:

Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey

Genre:

Classics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

The seventh edition, carefully revised and edited, London: Longman etc , 1793

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6239

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Ovid "Ovid's Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey", (London, 1793), various pages [DH LIB 1853]. ,

Citation:

Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Ovid "Ovid's Metamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the arguments and notes of John Minellius translated into English, to which is marginally added, a prose version ? For the use of schools. By Nathan Bailey", (London, 1793), various pages [DH LIB 1853]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6239, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Though the book was owned by John Drummond Erskine and the annotation is typical of his style (including very typical sketches of heads in profile, which appear in many of his books), there is another inscription "G.D.". This appears to be an adult's work rather than a school book, despite the title. The dates given are those of JDE's adult use of the library.