Record Number: 6959

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Marginalia]: has pencil annotations, opposite the title page and inside front cover, relating to the history and purchase of the book "Mr Heber certifies to me, that this is very/ faithfully reprinted from the rare Dort edit: ? [?]/ so rare that I know not of a perfect copy. / Nor have I seen more that 4 copies of it imperfect [?]"[2nd para deals with another Dort. publication]; "Bought from Blackwood's cat. Edinburgh 1796 [?] ..."; and a pen annotation on the inside back cover, a 8 line quote from a poem, by Walter Quin on Bernard Stuart, Lord d'Aubigni praising Bruce.

Century:

1800-1849

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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:

Anon

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Has a provenance but currently illegible, dated 1807

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Patrick Gordon

Title:

Famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman, The

Genre:

History, Poetry, Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Edinburgh: At Dort, printed by George Waters, 1615. Re-printed at Edinburgh, by James Watson, 1718

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6959

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Author:

Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Gordon, Patrick, "The famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman.", (Edinburgh, 1718), various pages, [DH LIB 691].,

Citation:

Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Gordon, Patrick, "The famous history of the renown'd and valiant prince, Robert sirnamed, the Bruce, King of Scotland, ... A history both pleasant and profitable, set forth and done in heroic verse, by Patrick Gordon, Gentleman.", (Edinburgh, 1718), various pages, [DH LIB 691]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6959, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is possible that the annotations are by John Drummond Erskine as it is clear from other items in the library that he did not always put his name in books he used. The writing style and dates do not exclude this being his work despite the other provenance dated 1807.