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SL137144, page 21

Record ID 231950

Vertot's Rev Port

Borrowed: 1788/11/29 (Saturday).


Borrower

George Ainslie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Revolutions of Portugal

Record ID 231953

Record ID 231956

Rollin's antient hist. vol. 9th no. 34

Borrowed: 1795/1/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Gordon Donaldson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 231959

Pope's Odyssey vol. 1

Borrowed: 1791/3/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Currie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1791/3/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Currie

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 231962

Journey thro' Greece vol. 1

Borrowed: 1791/4/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Currie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799)
Genre: Travel
Journey through Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1791/4/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Currie

Author: Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799), Genre: Travel

Sentimental Journey through Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 231965

Journey thro' Greece vol. 2

Borrowed: 1791/6/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Currie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799)
Genre: Travel
Journey through Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1791/6/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Currie

Author: Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799), Genre: Travel

Sentimental Journey through Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 231968

Journey thro' Greece vol. 3

Borrowed: 1791/6/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Thomas Currie
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799)
Genre: Travel
Journey through Greece
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1791/6/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: Thomas Currie

Author: Pierre-Augustin Guys (Male, born 1721, died 1799), Genre: Travel

Sentimental Journey through Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 231977

Rollin's Rom Hist v. 5

Borrowed: 1792/11/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 231980

Rollin's Rom Hist v. 6

Borrowed: 1792/12/1 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 231983

History of the World v. 2

Borrowed: 1793/3. Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1793/3.

Borrower: John Waterstone

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 231986

Plutarch's Lives v. 4

Borrowed: 1793/6/1 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1793/6/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Waterstone

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 231989

Sully's Memoirs v. 1

Borrowed: 1793/6/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoir
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1793/6/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Waterstone

Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives

Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 231992

Buffon's Nat Hist v. 4

Borrowed: 1793/6/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Waterstone
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 231995

Knox's Voyages v. 1

Borrowed: 1795/10/31 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 231998

Knox's Voyages v. 4

Borrowed: 1795/11/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 232007

Collection of Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1796/1/9 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1796/1/9 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Shand

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 232010

Knox's Voyages v. 6

Borrowed: 1796/1. Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Borrowed: 1796/1.

Borrower: William Shand

Genre: Travel

New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 232013

Rollin's Ancient History v. 4

Borrowed: 1796/2/6 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 232016

Rollin's Ancient History v. 5

Borrowed: 1796/2/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Ancient History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
The ancient history of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians. By Mr. Rollin, ... Translated from the French. In seven volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 871 times in 851 borrowing records


Book Work

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians

Record ID 232019

Voyages v. 2

Borrowed: 1796/3/5 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1796/3/5 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Shand

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 232022

Voyages v. 5

Borrowed: 1796/3/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Shand
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Borrowed: 1796/3/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Shand

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5