| Evidence: | [Marginalia]: pen annotations on binding pages appear to be page references to a number of topics eg: "Jesseigne"; "Rajah Rannah". Occasional marks in the margins, usually in the form of an italic N (examples on p. 58, 64, 65 etc) or vertical lines (p. 75 only). |
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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, 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: | Identification of reader is tentatively inferred from the only provenance |
| Author: | Francois Bernier |
| Title: | History of the late revolution of the empire of the Great Mogol, The |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | London: Printed and sold by Moses Pitt at the White Hart in Little Britain, Simon Miller at the Star in St. Pauls Church-Yard ..., 1671 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 6958 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | Other |
| Author: | Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bernier, Francois, "The history of the late revolution of the empire of the Great Mogol: together with the considerable passages, for 5 years following in that empire. To which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert touching the extent of Indostan; the circulation of the gold and silver of the world, to discharge it self there; as also the riches, forces and justice of the same: and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia/ By Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier. English'd out of French", (London, 1671), various pages, [DH LIB 518]., |
| Citation: | Book with annotations in the Dunimarle Library of the Erskines of Torrie in Fife: Bernier, Francois, "The history of the late revolution of the empire of the Great Mogol: together with the considerable passages, for 5 years following in that empire. To which is added, a letter to the Lord Colbert touching the extent of Indostan; the circulation of the gold and silver of the world, to discharge it self there; as also the riches, forces and justice of the same: and the principal cause of the decay of the states of Asia/ By Monsr F. Bernier, physitian of the faculty of Montpelier. English'd out of French", (London, 1671), various pages, [DH LIB 518]., http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6958, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
| The identification of the reader is very tentative. The style of annotations does not particularly match other items annotated by John Drummond Erskine, though the subject field is appropriate. If the annotations are his, they would have been done between the late 1790s and 1836. |
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