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Record ID 282149
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/4 (1770-1773, Type: Other). Page: 365
Orem's history of Hindostan 4.
Borrowed: 1772/12/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/1/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one guinea.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV (2nd edn) [Orme]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.142/2.a..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Very likely
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
A history of the military transactions of the British nation in Indostan, from the year MDCCXLV. To which is prefixed A dissertation on the establishments made by Mahomedan conquerors in Indostan. From the year MDCCXLV. To which is Prefixed a Dissertation on the Establishments made by Mahomedan Conquerors in Indostan.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 58 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T111967
Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV
Borrowed: 1772/12/17 (Thursday). Returned: 1773/1/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Author: Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801), Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 291196
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 4
Session papers beloning to Falconer's decisions. vol. 5.th in fol.
Borrowed: 1774/12/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1774/12/12 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Law
Session papers collected by David Falconer of Allanhill [1744-1751]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Session Papers Collection Store 2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Borrowed: 1774/12/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1774/12/12 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Genre: Law
Session papers collected by David Falconer of Allanhill [1744-1751]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 295945
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 92
Chardin Voyages en Perse 4 Vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/6/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/7/20 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: four Pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages du chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.174.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Voyages ... en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 72 times in 28 borrowing records
Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies
Borrowed: 1775/6/20 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/7/20 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Author: Sir John Chardin (Male, born 1643, died 1713), Genre: Travel
Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 295957
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 93
Garcilasso de la Vega royal commentaries of Peru fol
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
The royal commentaries of Peru [Vega]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.132.b.4 .
Confidence level: Certain
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts. The first part. Treating of the original of their Incas or kings: of their idolatry: of their laws and government both in peace and war: of the reigns and conquests of the Incas: with many other particulars relating to their empire and policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their countries. The second part. Describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the civil wars between the Pic̜arrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels arising about the division of that land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1688. Format: folio.
Translators: Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700: "[Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."--C.S. Markham, introduction to The first part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: R11046
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
Royal Commentaries of Peru
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Author: Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616), Genre: History
Record ID 298174
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 174
Clarendons History of the Grand Rebellion, 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pound Sterl.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
History of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641 [Clarendon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.16.a.4 [vol. 3 only].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
The history of the rebellion and civil wars in England, begun in the year 1641.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1707. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: N5833
Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674)
Genre: History
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Author: Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon (Male, born 1609, died 1674), Genre: History
History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3