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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1800-1849[Marginalia]: an additional printed page, printed by the Buchan Portable Press, titled "Letter from Princess Mary to Lord Buchan" has been inserted after p.196 and has th...David Steuart Erskine, Lord Buchan David Steuart Erskine, Lord BuchanAnonymous and fugitive essays of the Earl of Bucha...Print: Book
1600-1699[Marginalia]: brief ink additions to some 6 pp of the text e.g p.57 against XXXVIII is the note 'This act is ... to be payed from imported commodities ...'; p. 49 against...Johannes [ie John] Chrystie John MiddletonThe laws and acts of the first ParliamentPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: copious annotations throughout text, usually of the form of a marked item within the text followed by annotation in the margin but some are new entries inse...James Ker Edmund LodgeThe peerage of the British Empire, as at present e...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: copious marginal pencil annotations and text marks, some now fading to the point of illegibility. Contents are mainly comments on, or corrections to, the te...John Drummond Erskine Francis GladwinDissertations on the rhetoric, prosody and rhyme o...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: Copious marginal updates throughout the text. Many relate to entries and are linked to the item by an * in the text but some are for people not in the direc...James Ker John BurkeA general and heraldic dictionary of the peerage a...Print: Book
1850-1899[Marginalia]: Each sermon has a ms date (or dates), possibly indicating use of material: e.g. p. 40 sermon on "Self-ignorance" has ms note 'Ex. F.G. [?] August 8th 1858/...John CairdSermonsPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[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 blan...John Drummond Erskine OvidMetamorphoses, in fifteen books, with the argument...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: has a ms annotation (of 4 lines) on each inside cover, one in Latin and one possibly in Persian. These may or may not be related to the text. On various p...John Drummond Erskine HoraceQuinti Horatii Flacci opera. Interpretatione et no...Print: Book
1800-1849[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 t...Patrick GordonFamous history of the renown'd and valiant prince,...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: marginal and text pencil annotations throughout, all relating to different uses of language e.g. p. 3 after the end of the text is the ms note 'Scotch - Eve...John Drummond Erskine James BeattieScoticisms arranged in alphabetical orderPrint: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal marks (*) and dates throughout the guidebook, with v.2 more heavily marked than v.1.: eg. p.376-7 against the text line 'L'Eglise de St. Francois' ...Magdalene Erskine Mariano VasiItineraire instructif de Rome ancienne et moderne ...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal marks (++) throughout, one date (p. 68 'Feb, 18.19'), and very occasional comments; eg. longest example is p. 83 at the end of the section 'Tombeau...Mariano VasiItineraire instructif de Rome a Naples ou descript...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal marks (x, }, |) plus occasional comments, either single words or short notes eg: p. 74 after the text 'His wit seemed to be incorporated with his v...George Pitts James HallTravels in Scotland, by an unusual route: with a t...Print: Book
1800-1849[Marginalia]: marginal pencil annotations throughout the book, either English or Persian, mainly appear to comment or disagree with translations eg. p.35 one line of text...John Drummond Erskine Stephen WestonA specimen of the conformity of the European langu...Print: Book
[Marginalia]: ms annotations in form of numbers in margin from p.27- p.655 - as if reference system (they are in numerical order); there are also a few marginal notes in ...Henry Fox William CamdenThe history of the most renowned and victorious pr...Print: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms annotations in pencil on several pages eg: p. 47 at foot of page 'The English usually divide the Days into two parts only Morning and Evening - the Scotc...John Drummond Erskine John SinclairObservations on the Scottish dialect. By John Sinc...Print: Book
1800-1849
1850-1899		[Marginalia]: ms annotations suggest they may be reminders of items used for sermon preparation e.g. p.22 Text = "Sermon II. Forgiveness a present mercy", ms note = "GFI ...clergyman Henry BluntSermons preached in Trinity Church, Upper ChelseaPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms note at foot of p.8 of Appendix: 'J. Claver ...[ J. Clavering is the first signatory of the letter on this page] We condemn the political mistakes of the...N.S. Cornith Joseph PriceLetter to Edmund Burke, Esq; on the latter part of...Print: Book
1700-1799[Marginalia]: ms note in Latin on inside front cover may or may not be connected with the text as the book has evidence of its young owner using the blank spaces to play ...William Erskine VirgilWorksPrint: Book
1700-1799
1800-1849		[Marginalia]: ms note on binding page appears to refer both to the battle of Flodden and to poems about it: '... The battle of Flodden Field which was fought between the...Robert LambeAn exact and circumstantial history of the battle ...Print: Book


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