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F.R.262a/6, page 148

Record ID 297376

Gronovii Thesaurus Antiq. Graec. tom 5. fol.

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.


Borrower

Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum antiquitatum [Gronovius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.69.c.1-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Græcarum antiquitatum, in quo continentur effigies virorum ac foeminarum illustrium
Language: Latin . Published: Leiden. Date of publication: 1697-1702. Format: folio. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson

Author: Jacobus Gronovius (Male, born 1645, died 1716), Genre: History, Genre: Lives

Thesaurus Graecarum Antiquitatum, in quo Continentur Effigies Virorum ac Foeminarum Illustrium

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 297379

Xenophontis Opera Leunclavii fol.

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Xenophontis et imperatoris & philosophi clarissimi omnia, quae exstant, opera [Leunclavius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bdg.l.33.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Ξ. ἁπαντα τα σωζομενα βιβλια. X. ... omnia quæ exstant opera, J. Leuvenklaio interprete: cum annotationibus, etc.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Basel. Date of publication: 1568. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354)
Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of Xenophon

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson

Author: Xenophon of Athens (Male, born c.BCE430, died BCE354), Genre: History, Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Works of Xenophon

Record ID 297391

Mairs Book-keeping 8vo

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.


Borrower

Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-keeping moderniz'd: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form [Mair]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bh.7.54.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping moderniz’d: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. Wherein The Theory of the Art is clearly explained, and reduced to Practice, in copious Sets of Books, exhibiting all the varieties that usually occur in Real Business. To which is added, A Large Appendix. Containing, I. Descriptions and specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the Sugar Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accounts. VII. The produce and commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accounts proper for Shopkeepers or Retailers. IX. The method of keeping the accounts of a Land-Estate. X. A Dictionary; explaining abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandise.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts

Record ID 297394

Osbecks Voyages 2 vol. 8vo

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.


Borrower

Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck

Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn

Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel

Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2