Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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F.R.262a/6, page 136

Record ID 296983

Bockerli Theatrium machinarum novum

Borrowed: 1775/8/21 (Monday). Returned: 1775/9/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.


Borrower

Mr John Grant of Elchies; Baron Grant
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1775.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.


Book Holding

Georg Andreas Böckler (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Theatrum machinarum novem [Bockler]

Record ID 296986

Montesquieu lettres Persanes 2 vol. in 8

Borrowed: 1775/8/21 (Monday). Returned: 1775/9/21 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shillings sterl.


Borrower

Mr Charles Grant
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: d. 1836.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Barrister. Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Fiction
Lettres Persanes [Montesquieu]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Aq.5.46-47.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Fiction
Lettres persanes.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


Book Work

Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755)
Genre: Fiction
Persian Letters

Borrowed: 1775/8/21 (Monday). Returned: 1775/9/21 (Thursday).

Borrower: Mr Charles Grant

Author: Baron Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (Male, born 1689, died 1755), Genre: Fiction

Persian Letters

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2