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Record ID 274727

Sparman's Voyage v. 1

Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Sparman's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Georg.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 105 times in 92 borrowing records


Book Work

Anders Sparrman (Male, born 1748, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World

Record ID 274730

Middleton's Cicero v. 2

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
Middleton's Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
[Cicero's Life]
Language: English .
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 7 times in 6 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

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

History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 274733

Somerville's Britain

Borrowed: 1825/12/9 (Friday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Thomas Somerville (Male, born 1741, died 1830)
Genre: History
Somerville's Britain

Record ID 274736

Rollin's Ancient History v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
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 1, Volume 2

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 274739

Voyages and Travels v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Genre: Travel

Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 274742

Dalrymple's Memoirs v. 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
A collection of charts and memoirs. Published by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Collection of Charts and Memoirs

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Author: Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel

Collection of Charts and Memoirs

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 274745

Labaume's Narrative

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
Labaume's Narrative

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Russia : embellished with plans of the battles of Moscow and Malo-Jaroslavitz ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Eugène Labaume (Male, born 1783, died 1849)
Genre: History
Narrative of the Campaign in Russia, in 1812 [Eugène Labaume]

Record ID 274748

Life of Vassa

Borrowed: 1826/2/1 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Life of Gustavus Vassa

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 19


Book Work

Olaudah Equiano (Male, born 1745, died 1797)
Genre: Lives
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Record ID 274751

Indian Recreations

Borrowed: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Indian Recreations

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Indian recreations, consisting of strictures on the domestic and rural economy of the Mahommedans and Hindoos
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 16 borrowing records


Book Work

William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Indian Recreations

Borrowed: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Author: William Tennant (Male, born 1758, died 1813), Genre: Travel

Indian Recreations

Record ID 274754

Bank's Geography v. 1

Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Bank's Geography
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A modern, authentic and com[plete] system of universal geography. Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres; and containing a genuine history and description of the whole world, as consisting of empires, ... With the various countries, cities, towns, .... Thoughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and America: together with their respective situations, extent, latitude, longitude, ... together with a complete history of every empire, kingdom, and state, ... The whole forming an authentic and entertaining account of every thing worthy of notice throughout the whole face of nature, both by land and water. In which is introduced, to illustrate the work, a considerable number of the most accurate whole sheet maps, forming a complete atlas. To which is added complete guide to geography, astronomy, ... with an account of the rise, progress, and present state of navigation throughout the known world. Likewise containing every important, interesting, and valuable discovery throughout the whole of Cook’s voyages. Together with all the discoveries made by other mariners since the time of that celebrated circumnavigator. Also, a particular description of the improved state of the new colony formed at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, where the convicts are now settled. Including a particular account of the excursions and discoveries made in the interior parts of New Holland. The whole forming a complete collection of voyages and travels. By the Rev. Thomas Bankes, vicar of Dixton, in Monmouthshire, and author of the Christian’s family Bible. Embellished with near two hundred beautiful engravings, consisting of views, antiquities, customs, ceremonies, besides whole sheet maps, plans, charts, &c. executed in a much superior stile than any thing that has ever appeared in this kingdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: folio. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 27


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Modern, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography

Record ID 274760

Franklin's Works

Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Franklin's Works

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life: together with Essays, humorous, moral, and literary
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin

Record ID 274763

Hall's Travels

Borrowed: 1826/5/10 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Hall's Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in France, in 1818.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19


Book Work

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in France, in 1818

Record ID 274766

Monastery v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Monastery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
The Monastery ... By the author of “Waverley” [i.e. Sir Walter Scott] ... Second edition.
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 47 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Monastery. A Romance

Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Monastery. A Romance

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 274769

Shipwrecks

Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances, which have resulted from maritime enterprize: with a sketch of various expedients for preserving the lives of mariners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Borrowed: 1826/6/25 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Author: John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851), Genre: Travel

Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Record ID 274772

Life of Nelson v. 2

Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Milroy
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Life of Nelson
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
The life of Nelson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Life of Nelson

Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday).

Borrower: Robert Milroy

Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Lives

Life of Nelson

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2