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Record ID 212612

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 11

Suire French Adventurer 3 vol

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.


Book Holding

Robert Martin Lesuire (Male, born 1737, died 1815)
Genre: Fiction
French Adventurer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Martin Lesuire (Male, born 1737, died 1815)
Genre: Fiction
The French adventurer; or, memoirs of Gregoire Merveil, Marquis D'Erbeuil.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1791. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record


Book Work

Genre: Fiction
French Adventurer

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill

Author: Robert Martin Lesuire (Male, born 1737, died 1815), Genre: Fiction

French Adventurer

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 212624

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 11

Miltons Prose Works 3 vol. fol

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr James Graham
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1795. Life dates: 1765-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Writer to the Signet (WS). Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Episcopalian.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A complete collection of the historical, political, and miscellaneous works of John Milton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.3.18-20.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr James Graham

Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Historical Political and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 212615

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 11

Helvetius Child of Nature 2 vol

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1814.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
The child of nature, improved by chance. A philosophical novel.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.46a.9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
The child of nature, improved by chance. A philosophical novel. By Mr. Helvetius. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 12 borrowing records


Book Work

Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26)
Genre: Fiction
Child of Nature, Improved by Chance. A Philosophical Novel

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill

Author: Helvetius (Male, born 1715-1-26, died 1771-12-26), Genre: Fiction

Child of Nature, Improved by Chance. A Philosophical Novel

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 212633

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 11

Campbells History of Poetry in Scotland

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr James Graham
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1795. Life dates: 1765-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Writer to the Signet (WS). Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Episcopalian.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Alexander Campbell (Male, born 1764, died 1824)
Genre: History, Genre: Poetry
An introduction to the history of poetry in Scotland [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: ABS.8.97.13 .

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr James Graham

Author: Alexander Campbell (Male, born 1764, died 1824), Genre: History, Genre: Poetry

Introduction to the History of Poetry in Scotland with Songs of the Scottish Lowlands

Record ID 212639

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 12

Scots Magazine 1759.

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr John Smyth of Balharry
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1854.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1759

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The Scots magazine.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1739-1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 306 times in 185 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr John Smyth of Balharry

Genre: Periodicals

Scots Magazine

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1759

Record ID 212636

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 12

Watkins Travels 2 vol 8.vo

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr John Smyth of Balharry
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1793. Life dates: d. 1854.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Thomas Watkins A. M. (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels through Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, the Greek islands to Constantinople [Watkin]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.169.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr John Smyth of Balharry

Author: Thomas Watkins A. M. (Male), Genre: Travel

Travels through Switzerland, Italy, Sicily, the Greek Islands, to Constantinople

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 212642

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 12

Boccacio Decameron 4to

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr James Reddie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1797. Life dates: 1775-1852.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book Holding

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Boccaccio Decameron

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Il decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio.
Language: Italian . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375)
Genre: Fiction
Decameron

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr James Reddie

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio (Male, born 1313, died 1375), Genre: Fiction

Decameron

Record ID 279749

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Smiths moral Sentiments 2 vol 8vo

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr John Macfarlane
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1789. Life dates: d. 1846.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of moral sentiments, 2 vols, 1790 [Smith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ven].4/1.2-3 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments; or, an essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is Added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr John Macfarlane

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Theory of Moral Sentiments

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 279767

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Record ID 279785

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Do Circles of Gomer

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Rowland Jones (Male, born 1722, died 1774)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Education
The circles of Gomer, or, An essay towards an investigation and introduction of the English, as an universal language [Jones]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.113.a.

Record ID 279812

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Record ID 279776

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Record ID 279836

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Record ID 279755

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Brightlands Grammar 8vo

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: Reference Works
A grammar of the English tongue [Brightland]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.148.e .

Record ID 279761

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 13

Wallis Grammary

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1834.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Wallis (Male, born 1616, died 1703)
Genre: Education
Ioannis Wallisii Grammatica linguae Anglicanae.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.148.b.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Wallis (Male, born 1616, died 1703)
Genre: Education
Ioannis Wallisii Grammatica linguae Anglicanae.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12


Book Work

John Wallis (Male, born 1616, died 1703)
Genre: Education
Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).

Borrower: Mr Robert Craigie Lord Craigie

Author: John Wallis (Male, born 1616, died 1703), Genre: Education

Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae

Record ID 279845

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 14

Calendars of Ancient Charters 4to

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


Book HoldingLibrary record

Sir Joseph Ayloffe (Male, born 1709, died 1781)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Calendars of the ancient charters, and of the Welch and Scotish rolls, now remaining in the Tower of London: also calendars of all the treaties of peace entered into by the Kings of England with those of Scotland [Ayloffe]
Possible modern shelfmark: R.293.b..

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Joseph Ayloffe (Male, born 1709, died 1781)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Calendars of the ancient charters, and of the Welch and Scotish rolls, now remaining in the Tower of London: also calendars of all the treaties of peace entered into by the Kings of England with those of Scotland; and of sundry Letters and public Instruments relating to that Kingdom, now in the Chapter-House at Westminster. Together With Catalogues of the Records brought to Berwick from the Royal Treasury at Edinburgh: of such as were transmitted to the Exchequer at Westminster, and of those which were removed to different Parts of Scotland by Order of King Edward I. The Proceedings relating to the carrying back the Records of Scotland into that Kingdom; and the Transactions of the Parliament there from the 15th of May 1639, to the 8th of March 1650. To Which Are Added Memoranda concerning the Affairs Of AtIreland, Extracted From The Tower Records. With four copper plates, exhibiting all the various Hands in which the several Charters have been written, from the Reign of King William the Conqueror to that of Queen Elizabeth. To the Whole is prefixed an Introduction, giving some Account of the State of the Public Records from the Conquest to the present Time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

Sir Joseph Ayloffe (Male, born 1709, died 1781)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Calendars of the Ancient Charters, and of the Welch and Scotish Rolls, Now Remaining in the Tower of London

Record ID 279851

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/25 (1799-1800, Type: Other). Page: 14

Monteiths Theatre of Mortality 12

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/8/12 (Monday).


Borrower

Mr Malcolm Laing of Strenzie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1762-1818.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).


Book HoldingLibrary record

Robert Monteith (Male, born 1660, died 1713)
Genre: History, Genre: Lives
An theater of mortality [Monteith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.34.f.18.

Record ID 44210

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 11/28 (Type: Town). Page: 156

Smith's Inquiry

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/7/19 (Friday). Returned?: 19-Jul.


Borrower

Alexander Vans
Gender: Male. Address: Barrachan.
Occupation (original): Laird.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman.


Book Holding

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. By Adam Smith, ... In three volumes. ...
Language: English. Genre: History.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. By Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh: one of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and formerly Professor of moral philosophy in the University of Glasgow.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Borrowed: 1799/7/12 (Friday). Returned: 1799/7/19 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Vans

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1