| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: some marginal and text pencil annotations to pp 408-438 only, e.g: p. 408 'Prop.1 Prices are in proportion to the plenty of money ...' has a vertical marginal line; p.416 text line 'This reasoning is consistent with the principles we have examined, and humbly rejected in the preceding chapter ...' has the ms note 'Mr Hume's reasoning is correct'. |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland or India | ||||||||||
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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 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: | James Steuart |
| Title: | An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy |
| Genre: | Social Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Printed for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6470 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Steuart, James, "An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy: being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, ... By Sir James Steuart, ... In two volumes. .", (London, 1767), various pages, [DH LIB 1711]., |
| Citation: | Annotated volume in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Steuart, James, "An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy: being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, ... By Sir James Steuart, ... In two volumes. .", (London, 1767), various pages, [DH LIB 1711]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6470, accessed: 30 March 2023 |
| The item has no provenance but John Drummond Erskine who died in 1836, was the main book collector and main annotator of volumes in the library. Economics was a key interest and the style of the annotations match those in other items with his provenance on them. |
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