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F.R.262a/6, page 273

Record ID 295453

Torfaeus Orcadensium Historia fol.

Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.


Borrowers

Mr Alexander Wight
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: d. 1793.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Solicitor-General.

Archibald Carmichael
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Þormóður Torfason (Male, born 1636, died 1719)
Genre: History
Orcades seu rerum Orcadensium historiae libri tres [Torfaeus]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.11.b.3.

Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday).

Borrowers: Mr Alexander Wight , Archibald Carmichael

Author: Þormóður Torfason (Male, born 1636, died 1719), Genre: History

Orcades seu Rerum Orcadensium Historiae

Record ID 295456

Middletons life of Cicero 2 vol in 4.to

Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two Pounds Sterl.


Borrower

Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1745-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Sheriff Depute of Stirling 1775; Advocate-Depute 1780; Lord Abercrombie 7 June 1792


Book HoldingLibrary record

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero [Middleton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.64.a.2-3.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. In two volumes. By Conyers Middleton, D. D. Principal Library-Keeper of the University of Cambridge
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1741. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 104 times in 73 borrowing records


Book Work

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Borrowed: 1776/7/8 (Monday). Returned: 1776/8/8 (Thursday).

Borrower: Mr Alexander Abercrombie Lord Abercrombie

Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives

History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2