| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: several pencil and ink annotations (some fading to illegibility) throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the margin example(1) p.542 (v.1. The Prince chpt. VI) against the footnote "r" on religion and armed conflict is the marginal note "NB The hindoo religion refutes Machiavel's position"; (2)p. 690 (v.1. The Prince chpt XXV) has the marginal note "his Majesty first defined the word chance or fortune" against the translator's note "o". |
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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 (Bengal) and 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) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| Title: | The works of Nicholas Machiavel, secretary of state to the republic of Florence. Newly Translated from the Originals; Illustrated with Notes, Anecdotes, Dissertations, and the Life of Machiavel, Never before published; And Several New Plans .... |
| Genre: | Politics, Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Printed for Thomas Davies; Thomas Waller; R. and J. Dodsley; James Fletcher; Mess. Balfour and Hamilton, Edinburgh; and Mr. James Hoey, 1762 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 20514 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Machiavelli, Niccolo, The works of Nicholas Machiavel, secretary of state to the republic of Florence. Newly Translated from the Originals; Illustrated with Notes, Anecdotes, Dissertations, and the Life of Machiavel, Never before published; And Several New Plans on the Art of War. By Ellis Farneworth, M. A. Vicar of Rosthern in Cheshire, Translator of the Life of Pope Sixtus V. and Davila's History of the Civil Wars of France. In two volumes,London: Printed for Thomas Davies; Thomas Waller; R. and J. Dodsley; James Fletcher; Mess. Balfour and Hamilton, Edinburgh; and Mr. James Hoey, junior, at Dublin 1762 [DH LIB 2102]. , |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Machiavelli, Niccolo, The works of Nicholas Machiavel, secretary of state to the republic of Florence. Newly Translated from the Originals; Illustrated with Notes, Anecdotes, Dissertations, and the Life of Machiavel, Never before published; And Several New Plans on the Art of War. By Ellis Farneworth, M. A. Vicar of Rosthern in Cheshire, Translator of the Life of Pope Sixtus V. and Davila's History of the Civil Wars of France. In two volumes,London: Printed for Thomas Davies; Thomas Waller; R. and J. Dodsley; James Fletcher; Mess. Balfour and Hamilton, Edinburgh; and Mr. James Hoey, junior, at Dublin 1762 [DH LIB 2102]. , http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20514, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
| The item is in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie, Fife but as with many items in the collection it may have had a previous owner. The identity of the annotator is thus uncertain. However the style, subject area and nature of comments matches with other items in the library clearly attributed to John Drummond Erskine |
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