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MS16480, page 103v

Record ID 39203

Rollin's Belles Lettres vol 1

Borrowed: 1776/12/21 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 1776 Decr. 21.st. Original Borrower: Geo Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, and the Stage
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1329-1331.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The method of teaching and studying the belles lettres, or, an introduction to languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physicks, &c. With Reflections on Taste; and Instructions with regard to the Eloquence of the Pulpit, the Bar, and the Stage.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 54 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Borrowed: 1776/12/21 (Saturday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr George Barclay

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: Belles Lettres

Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 39205

Universal History Vol.s 29th & 31st

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1777 January 1st.. Original Borrower: George Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 29, Volume 31

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Writers. By the Authors of the Antient Part.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1766. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 576 times in 358 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time

Record ID 39206

1st. Vol of Tindals Cont. of Rapin 2d Do.

Borrowed: 1777/1/10 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 10th.. Original Borrower: George Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Nicholas Tindal (Male, born 1687, died 1774)
Genre: History
Continuation of Mr Rapin de Thoyras’s History of England, from the revolution to the accession of King George II. By N. Tindal, M. A. Rector of Alverstoke in Hampshire and Chaplain to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. Illustrated With Thirty-Six heads of the Kings, Queens, and several Eminent Persons; also with Twenty Maps and Sea-Charts.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1411-1413.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 39207

& 3d Vol of Callendars Voyage

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1777 January 1st.. Original Borrower: George Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr George Barclay

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 39208

Rollin's Roman History vol 1.

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1777 January 1st.. Original Borrower: Geo Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History (original title)
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium, 16 vols (standardised title)

Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1336 (vol. 4 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 39209

Nature Display'd vol 1 2

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1777 January 1st.. Original Borrower: Geo Barclay.


Borrower

Reverend Mr George Barclay
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1731. Death date: 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1777/1/1 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr George Barclay

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 39210

10.th Volume Rolins Roman History

Borrowed: 1777/1/4 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 4th Janry. Original Borrower: Thomas Fairbairn.


Borrower

Thomas Fairbairn
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Sheriff.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History (original title)
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium, 16 vols (standardised title)

Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1336 (vol. 4 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 10

Record ID 39211

Do Roman History vol. 2d.3 4 5, 6

Borrowed: 1777/1/4 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Do. Original Borrower: Robt Vetch.


Borrower

Robert Vetch Laird of Caponflat/Hawthornbank
Gender: Male. Address: Haddington.
Birth date: 1758.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders. Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History (original title)
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium, 16 vols (standardised title)

Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1336 (vol. 4 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6

Borrowed: 1777/1/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Vetch Laird of Caponflat/Hawthornbank

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History

Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6