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Record ID 297169
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 140
Guthries history of the World 12 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
John Gray (Male, born 1724, died 1811), William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A general history of the world [Guthrie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.98.i.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
John Gray (Male, born 1724, died 1811), William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A general history of the world, from the creation to the present time. Including All the Empires, Kingdoms, and States; their Revolutions, Forms of Government, Laws, Religions, Customs and Manners; the Progress of their Learning, Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Trade; Together with Their Chronology, Antiquities, Public Buildings, and Curiosities of Nature and Art. By William Guthrie, Esq; John Gray, Esq; and others eminent in this branch of literature. Volume I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 19 borrowing records
ESTC: T138428
John Gray (Male, born 1724, died 1811), William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
General History of the World
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Author: John Gray (Male, born 1724, died 1811), William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12
Record ID 297163
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 140
Acts of Geo: 3 anno decim quinto 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1758. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Law > Solicitor-General.
Genre: Law
Anno regni Georgii III. regis Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, decimo quinto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-ninth day of November, anno Domini 1774.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: RB.m.440.
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law
Anno Regni Georgii III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, decimo quinto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty-ninth day of November, anno Domini 1774, in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Being the first session of the fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T232254
Borrowed: 1775/9/1 (Friday). Returned: 1775/10/1 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Murray Lord Henderland
Genre: Law
Record ID 297208
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 141
Cunningham on Bills of Exchange in 8o
Borrowed: 1775/9/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/28 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Clerk
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.139.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The law of bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank-notes, and insurances: Containing all the statutes, cases at large, arguments, resolutions, judgments, decrees, and customs of merchants concerning them, methodically digested.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T140361
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Borrowed: 1775/9/28 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/10/28 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Clerk
Author: Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes, and Insurances
Record ID 297247
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 145
Kalms Travels 3 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/10/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/19 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America [Kalm]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.136.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America; containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, With The Civil, Ecclesiastical And Commercial State Of The Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various Subjects.
Language: English . Published: Warrington. Date of publication: 1770-1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 4 borrowing records
ESTC: T123563
Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Travels into North America, Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture in General
Borrowed: 1775/10/19 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/19 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Pehr Kalm (Male, born 1716, died 1779), Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge, Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 297253
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 146
State Tryals vol. 6th fol
Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/26 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Compleat collection of state-tryals. (original title)
Collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection 3 D/H.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A collection of state-trials, and proceedings, upon high-treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours, from the reign of Queen Anne, to the present time. Volume IX [-X].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 29 borrowing records
ESTC: T148948
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Collection of State-Trials, and Proceedings, upon High-Treason, and other Crimes and Misdemeanours, from the Reign of Queen Anne, to the Present Time. Volume IX [-X].
Borrowed: 1775/10/26 (Thursday). Returned: 1775/11/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Law, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 297391
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 148
Mairs Book-keeping 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-keeping moderniz'd: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form [Mair]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bh.7.54.
Confidence level: Certain
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping moderniz’d: or, merchant-accounts by double entry, according to the Italian form. Wherein The Theory of the Art is clearly explained, and reduced to Practice, in copious Sets of Books, exhibiting all the varieties that usually occur in Real Business. To which is added, A Large Appendix. Containing, I. Descriptions and specimens of the Subsidiary Books used by merchants. II. Monies and Exchanges, the nature of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Bills of Parcels. III. Precedents of Merchants Writings, peculiar to England, Scotland, and common to both. IV. The Commission, Duty, and Power of Factors. V. A short History of the Trading Companies in Great Britain, with an account of her exports and imports. VI. The produce and commerce of the Sugar Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts kept by the factors or storekeepers; and an explication of wharf and plantation accounts. VII. The produce and commerce of the Tobacco Colonies; with a specimen of the accounts usually kept by the storekeepers. VIII. The method of keeping accounts proper for Shopkeepers or Retailers. IX. The method of keeping the accounts of a Land-Estate. X. A Dictionary; explaining abstruse words and terms that occur in merchandise.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T22994
John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: John Mair (Male, born c.1702, died 1769), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Book-Keeping Methodiz’d: or, A Methodical Treatise of Merchant-Accompts
Record ID 297394
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 148
Osbecks Voyages 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1775/11/8 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/8 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297424
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 149
Raynal histoire politique et philsophique 6 tom 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/14 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds sterl.
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.
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes [Raynal]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.138.c.2-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Histoire philosophique et politique des établissemens & du commerce des Européens dans les deux Indes.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 29 borrowing records
Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796)
Genre: History
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
Borrowed: 1775/11/14 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/14 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: Abbé Guillaume-Thomas-François Raynal (Male, born 1713, died 1796), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6
Record ID 297502
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 153
Dalrympl's collection of Voyages &c. in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Travel
An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean [Dalrymple]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.127.c.34(1).
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Travel
An historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N33190
Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808)
Genre: Travel
Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Alexander Dalrymple (Male, born 1737, died 1808), Genre: Travel
Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean
Record ID 297505
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 153
Osbecks Voyages to China 2 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.178.d.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck, rector of Hasloef and Woxtorp, member of the Academy of Stockholm, and of the Society of Upsal. Together with a voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen, chaplain of the Gothic Lion East Indiaman. And an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Forster, Johann Reinhold
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 25 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T172400
Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Borrowed: 1775/11/17 (Friday). Returned: 1775/12/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Pehr Osbeck (Male, born 1723, died 1805), Genre: Travel
Voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297517
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 154
Poesie del Metastasio tom 6 in 8
Borrowed: 1775/11/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five shillings Sterl.
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/3.15-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1775/11/22 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 297535
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 157
Henrys History vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans [Henry]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.a.8-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1793. Format: 4to. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 301 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: T93697
Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790)
Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Robert Henry (Male, born 1718, died 1790), Genre: History
History of Great Britain [Robert Henry]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 297538
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 157
Oeuvres de Maupertius 4 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres [Maupertius]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: As.3.14-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Œuvres de Maupertuis. Nouvelle édition corrigée & augmentée.
Language: French . Published: Lyon. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 7 borrowing records
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Oeuvres de Maupertuis
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (Male, born 1698, died 1759), Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 297559
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 159
Steuarts Political Oeconomy 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1747-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy [Steuart]
Possible modern shelfmark: RB.m.451.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
An inquiry into the principles of political oeconomy: being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 10 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: T128831
Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Fraser Tytler Lord Woodhouselee
Author: Sir James Steuart (Male, born 1712, died 1780), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297574
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 160
Caledonian Mercury 1727 1731
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Caledonian Mercury.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1727, Volume 1731
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Caledonian Mercury.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1720-1867. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: P2025
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1727, Volume 1731
Record ID 297583
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 160
Goldmsmiths Natural History vol. 1.2.3. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/11/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1809.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature [Goldsmith]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cu.7/1.1-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 705 times in 454 borrowing records
ESTC: T146096
Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Borrowed: 1775/11/28 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Adam Ogilvie of Hartwoodmyres
Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297568
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 160
Fountainhalls desicions 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Pounds Sterl.
Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1749-1786.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712 [Fountainhall]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
The decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T78741
Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722)
Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Borrowed: 1775/11/27 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/27 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Hugo Arnot of Balcormo; Hugo Pollock
Author: Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall (Male, born 1646, died 1722), Genre: Law
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from June 6th, 1678, to July 30th, 1712
Record ID 297589
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 161
Buffon Histoire Naturelle tom 18 in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr George Wallace
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1754. Life dates: 1727-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Wallace
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 18
Record ID 297586
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 161
Voyage en Siberie Par l'Abbe Chappe d'Auteroche 3 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three guineas.
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761 [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.112/1.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Borrowed: 1775/11/25 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/12/25 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769), Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297592
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 162
Campbles Survey, Political of Britain 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pounds Sterl.
Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain [Campbell]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.44.c.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A political survey of Britain: being a series of reflections on the situation, lands, inhabitants, revenues, colonies, and commerce of this island.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 25 borrowing records
ESTC: T90453
John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political Survey of Britain
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr George Buchan of Kelloe
Author: John Campbell (Male, born 1708, died 1775), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297595
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 162
Lord Lyttletons Works 4to
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
The works of George Lord Lyttelton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.5.19.
Confidence level: Certain
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
The works of George Lord Lyttelton; formerly printed separately, and now first collected together: with some other pieces, never before printed.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T79264
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of George Lord Lyttelton
Borrowed: 1775/11/29 (Wednesday). Returned: 1775/12/29 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Scrimgeour Wedderburn of Birkhill
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Record ID 297610
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 164
Ives Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.c. .
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a Correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with Some interesting Passages relating to the Manners, Customs, &c. of several Nations in Indostan. Also, a Journey From Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, Containing an Account of the Diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson’s Squadron: A Description of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal Virtues: Also a Copy of a Letter written by a late ingenious Physician, on the Disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T12210
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Author: Edward Ives (Male, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Record ID 297619
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Banks Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty's ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.b.[23].
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage round the world, in His Majesty’s ship Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken in pursuit of natural knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various occurrences of the Voyage, with descriptions of several new discovered countries in the Southern hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added, a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T29207
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage round the World, in His Majesty’s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/1/2 (Monday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Genre: Travel
Record ID 297613
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Kames Scetches 2 vol. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three Pounds Sterl.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man. In two volumes [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.86.a.8-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of man.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 141 times in 108 borrowing records
ESTC: T48434
Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 297616
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 165
Hawkesworths Voyages tom 2.3. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 297637
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 166
Longinus de sublimitate Gr. Lat. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/4 (Monday). Returned: 1776/1/4 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings Sterl.
Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Longinus (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
To tou Dionysiou Longinou peri hypsous hypomnēma. Ex editione tertia Zachariae Pearce, Episcopi Bangoriensis, expressum.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.31.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Longinus (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
To tou Dionysiou Longinou peri hypsous hypomnēma. Ex editione tertia Zachariae Pearce, episcopi bangoriensis, expressum.
Language: Greek | Latin . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Editors: Pearce, Zachery
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T87476
Longinus (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
On the Sublime
Borrowed: 1775/12/4 (Monday). Returned: 1776/1/4 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr William Steuart [Stewart]
Author: Longinus (Male), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 297640
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 167
Modern universal history vol. 17, 18 & 19. in 8
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: fifteen shill. sterl..
Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1761. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History
Modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.96.d.6-E.96.f.16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 44 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N472050
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19
Record ID 298036
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 169
Leemius de Lappononibus in 4.
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1736-1785.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-Danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum, cum indice Latino [Leem]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.137.a.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon lapponicum bipartitum, lapponico-danico-latinum & danico-latino-lapponicum, cum indice latino.
Language: Latin | Saami . Published: Trondheim. Date of publication: 1768-1781. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774)
Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum
Borrowed: 1775/12/5 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/5 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Crosbie of Holm
Author: Knud Leem (Male, born 1697, died 1774), Genre: Reference Works
Lexicon Lapponicum Bipartitum, Lapponico-danico-Latinum & Danico-Latino-Lapponicum
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 298084
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 172
Buffon Histoire naturelle tom 1. 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du roi [Buffon]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Am.6.1-36.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi. [By Buffon, L. J. M. D'Aubenton, P. Guéneau de Montbeillard, G. L. C. A. Bexon, and the Count de Lacépède.]
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1749-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 237 times in 126 borrowing records
Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Borrowed: 1775/12/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 298147
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 173
Acta Sanctorum Jan. tom 2. februarii tom 3. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum (original title)
Acta Sanctorum, quotquot toto orbe coluntur, vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ex antiquis monumentis Latinis, aliarumque gentium collegit, digessit, notis illustravit Joannes Bollandus. (standardised title)
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.184.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto orbe coluntur vel a Catholicis scriptoribus celebrantur, quae ab antiquis monumentis latinis aliarumque gentium collegit digessit notis illustravit J. Bollandus, servata primigenia scriptorum phrasi. Operam et studium contulit G. Henschenius.
Language: Latin . Published: Venice. Date of publication: 1734-1761. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 3 borrowing records
Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665)
Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Author: Johannes Bolland (Male, born 1596, died 1665), Genre: Law
Acta Sanctorum quotquot toto Orbe Coluntur vel a Catholicis Scriptoribus Celebrantur
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 298180
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 175
Glass History of the Canaray Islands 4to
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male)
Genre: History
The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands [Abreu de Galindo/Glas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.151.a.12.
Confidence level: Certain
Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male)
Genre: History
The history of the discovery and conquest of the Canary Islands: translated from a Spanish manuscript, lately found in the island of Palma.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Translators: Glas, George, 1725-1765
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T189940
Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male)
Genre: History
History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Juan de Abreu de Galindo (Male), Genre: History
Record ID 298186
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 175
Beawes lex Mercatoria fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, The merchant’s directory [Beawes]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, the merchant’s directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To which is added, a state of the present general traffick of the whole world ; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted from the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author’s own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: N19415
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, the Merchant’s Directory
Borrowed: 1775/12/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Wyndham Beawes (Male), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 298783
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Bacons abridgement vol. 6 fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1734-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Walter Lockhart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Record ID 298786
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Burn's Ecclesiastical Law 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1775/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law [Burn]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T70032
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Borrowed: 1775/12/12 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298777
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Cunninghams law Dictionary 2 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten pounds sterl.
Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1734-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Walter Lockhart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
A new and complete law-dictionary, or, General abridgment of the law [Cunningham]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.1].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
A new and complete law-dictionary. Or, general abridgment of the law; on a more extensive plan than any law-dictionary hitherto published.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764-1765. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T140761
Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789)
Genre: Law
New and Complete Law-Dictionary
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Timothy Cunningham (Male, died 1789), Genre: Law
New and Complete Law-Dictionary
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 298780
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 176
Atkyns Reports vol. 1. fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1757. Life dates: 1734-1823.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Walter Lockhart
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr Ilay Campbell of Succoth, Walter Lockhart
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 298813
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 177
Atkyns Vol. 3
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
William Steuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1775/12/11 (Monday). Returned: 1775/12/20 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove, William Steuart
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 298819
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 178
Douglas' Peerage fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/1/13 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their origin to the present generation [Douglas]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.287.c.
Confidence level: Certain
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
The peerage of Scotland, containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, from their Origin to the present Generation: collected from the public records, and ancient chartularies of this nation, the Charters, and other Writings of the Nobility, and the Works of our best Historians.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1764. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 19
ESTC: T145745
Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770)
Genre: History
Peerage of Scotland, containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom
Borrowed: 1775/12/13 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/1/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Sir Robert Douglas (Male, born 1694, died 1770), Genre: History
Record ID 298852
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 181
History of Kamsehatka eng by Granger in 4
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/19 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
The history of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands [Grieve]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.82.a.5.
Confidence level: Certain
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
The history of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the countries adjacent; illustrated with maps and cuts. Published at Petersbourg in the Russian language, by Order of her Imperial Majesty and translated into English by James Grieve, M.D.
Language: English . Published: Gloucester. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T93828
Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755)
Genre: Travel
History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/19 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Author: Stepan Petrovich Krasheninnikov (Male, born 1713, died 1755), Genre: Travel
History of Kamtschatka, and the Kurilski Islands, with the Countries Adjacent
Record ID 298846
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 181
Bacon's Abrigt. vol. 3.d in fol.
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New abridgment of the law [Bacon]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.143.4].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
A new abridgment of the law. By a gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736-1766. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 30 borrowing records
ESTC: T145688
Matthew Bacon (Male)
Genre: Law
New Abridgment of the Law
Borrowed: 1775/12/19 (Tuesday). Returned: 1775/12/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Matthew Bacon (Male), Genre: Law
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 298867
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 182
Littletons dialogues of the dead 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/12/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/21 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead [Lyttelton/Montagu]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].4/2.18 .
Confidence level: Certain
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2
ESTC: T78375
George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead
Borrowed: 1775/12/21 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/1/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres
Record ID 298897
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 183
London Magazine from 1732 to 1736 inclusive 5 vol.[note in margin] Vol. for 1732 returned W. G.
Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Q.6.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1732, Volume 1733, Volume 1734, Volume 1735, Volume 1736
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732-1782. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 51 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 59 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T154193
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Borrowed: 1775/12/23 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
London Magazine: or, Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1732, Volume 1733, Volume 1734, Volume 1735, Volume 1736
Record ID 299044
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
Fontaines fables choisie & Contes A nouvelles en vers. 2 tom in 8
Borrowed: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Poetry
Contes et Nouvelles en Vers [La Fontaine]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.24.c.16-17.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Poetry
Contes et nouvelles en vers.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 6 borrowing records
Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Poetry
Contes et Nouvelles en Vers
Borrowed: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299041
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
Vertot revolutions of Portugal
Borrowed: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1745-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the revolutions of Portugal [Vertot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: NE.530.c.16.
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The history of the revolutions of Portugal.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T76269
Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Revolutions in Portugal
Borrowed: 1775/12/29 (Friday). Returned: 1776/1/29 (Monday).
Borrower: Mr William Craig Lord Craig
Author: Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735), Genre: History
Record ID 298984
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
history of the Britons asserted in 8.
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The genuine history of the Britons asserted [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: C.11.c.19.
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The genuine history of the Britons asserted. In a full and candid refutation of Mr. Macpherson’s Introduction to the history of Great-Britain and Ireland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14
ESTC: T100007
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
Genuine History of the Britons Asserted
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Record ID 298981
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 184
Whitaker's history of Manchester Vol. 2 4.to
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1712-1776.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester [Whitaker]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: A.20.a.4-5 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
The history of Manchester. In four books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771-1775. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T145509
John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808)
Genre: History
History of Manchester
Borrowed: 1775/12/26 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/1/26 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr David Falconer of Allanhill
Author: John Whitaker (Male, born 1735, died 1808), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 299047
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 185
Scots Magazine 1745 1746
Borrowed: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten shillings sterl.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Scots magazine.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1745, Volume 1746
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
ESTC: P1945
Genre: Periodicals
Scots Magazine
Borrowed: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/2 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1745, Volume 1746
Record ID 299068
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 187
Causes celebres vol 1, 2, 3 & 4 5.6.7 & 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/11 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1770. Life dates: 1746-1819.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/1/11 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/11 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Buchan of Auchmacoy
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 7, Volume 8
Record ID 299074
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 188
Dows history of Hindostan 3 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/15 (Thursday).
Mr Joseph Williamson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1732. Life dates: 1706-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi [Dow]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.141.a.12-13.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The history of Hindostan, from the death of Akbar, to the complete settlement of the empire under Aurungzebe. To which are prefixed, I. A dissertation on the origin and nature of despotism in Hindostan. II. An enquiry into the state of Bengal; With a Plan for restoring that Kingdom to its former Prosperity and Splendor.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 41 times in 20 borrowing records
ESTC: T91569
Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan
Confidence level: Certain
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
The history of Hindostan; from the earliest account of time, to the death of Akbar; translated from the Persian of Mahummud Casim Ferishta of Delhi: Together with A Dissertation Concerning the Religion and Philosophy of the Brahmins; With an appendix, containing the history of the Mogul empire, from its decline in the reign of Mahummud Shaw, to the present times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768-1772. Format: 4to.
Translators: Dow, Alexander, - 1779.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 26 borrowing records
ESTC: T91573
Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623)
Genre: History
History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Borrowed: 1776/1/15 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Joseph Williamson
Author: Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779), Muḥammad Qāsim Hindū Shāh Astarābādī Firishtah (Male, born 1552, died 1623), Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan, History of Hindostan; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of Akbar
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299092
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 189
Monthly Review Vol. 22.23.24.25 (4 vol)
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25
Record ID 299098
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 189
Willamsons Short hand 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, a concise and practical system of short-hand writing [Williamson]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Wn.575.
Confidence level: Certain
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A concise and practical system of short-hand writing.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T180071
William Williamson (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A Concise and Practical System of Short-Hand Writing
Borrowed: 1776/1/16 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/16 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: William Williamson (Male), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Stenography: or, A Concise and Practical System of Short-Hand Writing
Record ID 299110
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 190
Burns Ecclesiastical Law 2 vol 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Alexander Mason
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law [Burn]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T70032
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday).
Borrowers: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall, Alexander Mason
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299152
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Trade from G. B. to Africa
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A treatise upon the trade from Great-Britain to Africa [African Merchant]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ab].2/1.29.
Confidence level: Certain
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A treatise upon the trade from Great-Britain to Africa; humbly recommended to the attention of government.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: T51666
African Merchant (Male)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Treatise upon the Trade from Great-Britain to Africa
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: African Merchant (Male), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 299161
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Sharp on Slavery with the Appendix
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God [Sharp]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ad].5/2.25.
Confidence level: Certain
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The just limitation of slavery in the laws of God, compared with the unbounded claims of the African traders and British American slaveholders.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T137093
Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Just Limitation of Slavery in the Laws of God
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Granville Sharp (Male, born 1735, died 1813), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Record ID 299167
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Pelloutier Histoire des Celtes 2 vol 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/1/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/18 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Three pounds Sterl.
Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1742-1810.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Curator. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Gilbert Stuart
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Notaries/Clerks.
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et particulierement, des Gaulois et des Germains [Pelloutier]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.89.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des celtes, et particulièrement des gaulois et des germains, depuis les temps fabuleux jusqu'à la prise de Rome par les gaulois.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757)
Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et Particulièrement des Gaulois et des Germains
Borrowed: 1776/1/18 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/18 (Sunday).
Borrowers: Mr Robert Cullen Lord Cullen, Gilbert Stuart
Author: Simon Pelloutier (Male, born 1694, died 1757), Genre: History
Histoire des Celtes, et Particulièrement des Gaulois et des Germains
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299164
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Voyage to Mauritius 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius [Saint Pierre/Parish]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.181.e.
Confidence level: Certain
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
A voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c. With observations and reflections upon nature, and mankind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Parish, John
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T98328
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to the Island of Mauritius, (or, Isle of France) the Isle of Bourbon, the Cape of Good-Hope, &c
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (Male, born 1737, died 1814), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299146
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Causes celebres tom 16.
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pound sterl..
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16
Record ID 299158
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Denisart Decisions tom. 3.
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de décisions nouvelles et de notions relatives a la jurisprudence actuelle [Denisart]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Drill Hall FRA/DEN.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de décisions nouvelles, et de notions relatives à la jurisprudence actuelle.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: 2
Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765)
Genre: Law
Collection de Décisions Nouvelles
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Jean Baptiste Denisart (Male, born 1713, died 1765), Genre: Law
Collection de Décisions Nouvelles
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299155
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 191
Institutes de M Loisel tom 1.
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
Antoine Loisel (Male, born 1536, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Institutes coutumieres de Monsieur Loisel, avocat au Parlement.
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: [k].7.9-10.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Antoine Loisel (Male, born 1536, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Institutes coutumieres de monsieur Loisel ... : avec des renvois aux ordonnances de nos rois : aux coutumes & aux auteurs qui les ont commentées : aux arrêts, aux anciens praticiens, & aux historiens dont les regles ont été tirées : et avec des notes nouvelles.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1765. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
Antoine Loisel (Male, born 1536, died 1617)
Genre: Law
Institutes Coutumieres de Monsieur Loisel
Borrowed: 1776/1/17 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/2/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: Antoine Loisel (Male, born 1536, died 1617), Genre: Law
Institutes Coutumieres de Monsieur Loisel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299176
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 192
Repository or treasure of Politicks, 2 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings sterl.
Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1780.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
The repository: or treasury of politics and literature, for MDCCLXX.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ad].5/2.13-14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Repository: or Treasury of politics and literature, for ..
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769-1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 40 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T111539
Genre: Periodicals
Repository: or Treasury of Politics and Literature
Borrowed: 1776/1/23 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/2/23 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Bruce of Kinnaird
Genre: Periodicals
Repository: or Treasury of Politics and Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299173
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 192
Walpoles anecdotes of polite Literature 5 vol. 8
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature. In five volumes [Walpole]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ao].8/2.15-19.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of polite literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 7 borrowing records
ESTC: T89122
Borrowed: 1776/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Genre: Belles Lettres
Anecdotes of Polite Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
Record ID 299182
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 193
Fingal Vol. 2 4.to
Borrowed: 1776/1/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/25 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: 1743-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Law > Advocate.
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.31.a.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: N7970
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem
Borrowed: 1776/1/25 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/2/25 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Grant of Corrimony
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 299200
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 196
Fingal 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Ten Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: H.31.a.14.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Very likely
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an ancient epic poem, in six books: together with several other poems, composed by Ossian the son of Fingal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
ESTC: N7970
James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796)
Genre: Poetry
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: James Macpherson (Male, born 1736, died 1796), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299203
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 196
Priestly on Electricity 4to
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1741-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Lord President. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments, by Joseph Priestley.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.3.27..
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
The history and present state of electricity, with original experiments.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 20
ESTC: T36344
Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Blair of Avonton; Lord Avonton
Author: Joseph Priestley (Male, born 1733, died 1804), Genre: Natural Philosophy
History and Present State of Electricity, with Original Experiments
Record ID 299209
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 197
Tears of Sensibility 2 vol 8vo by Murdoch
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Vts.2.f.19.1-2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
The tears of sensibility, novels: namely, 1. The cruel father. 2. Rosetta; or, The fair penitent rewarded. 3. The rival friends. 4. Sidney and Silli; or, The man of benevolence and the man of gratitude. Translated from the French of M. D’ Arnaud, by John Murdoch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Murdoch, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 14 borrowing records
ESTC: T177443
François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Tears of Sensibility
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: François-Thomas-Marie de Baculard d’ Arnaud (Male, born 1718, died 1805), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299215
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 197
Duhamel Elemens d'Agriculture 2 vol. 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/29 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: eight Shillings Sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Mr Alexander Kemp
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Eléments d'agriculture [Duhamel du Monceau]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.39.f.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Eléments d'Agriculture.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records
M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Eléments d'Agriculture
Borrowed: 1776/1/29 (Monday). Returned: 1776/2/29 (Thursday).
Borrowers: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames, Mr Alexander Kemp
Author: M. Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (Male, born 1700, died 1782), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299206
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 197
Barrettis Travels 4 vols 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France [Baretti]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.153.f .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
A journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 6 borrowing records
ESTC: T83927
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Borrowed: 1776/1/27 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Travel
Journey from London to Genoa, through England, Portugal, Spain, and France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 299224
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 199
Ormes History of Hindostan 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/2 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1766. Life dates: 1742-1824.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
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: 1776/2/2 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/2 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Claud Irvine Boswell of Balmuto; Lord Balmuto
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 299281
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 200
Blackstons Comment Vol. 3. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1752. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England [Blackstone, 1765-1769]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection AB(F)/BLA.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1765-1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T57753
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1776/2/3 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/3 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Gordon of Whiteley and Pitlurg
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Record ID 299296
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 201
Auteroche l'abbe Chappe Voyage en Siberie 3 tom 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/1 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterl.
Mr Robert Sinclair
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: d. 1802.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Law > Clerk of Session.
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Siberie, fait par ordre du roi en 1761 [Chappe d'Auteroche]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.112/1.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761, ... enrichi de cartes géographiques, de plans, de profils du terrein, de gravures.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 23 times in 10 borrowing records
Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769)
Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Borrowed: 1776/2/6 (Tuesday). Returned: 1776/3/1 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Sinclair
Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (Male, born 1728, died 1769), Genre: Travel
Voyage en Sibérie, fait par ordre du Roi en 1761
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299323
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 202
Atkyns Reports 3 vol fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pound sterl.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299329
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 202
Vezeys Cases 2 vol. fol
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1771. Life dates: 1747-1830.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755 [Vezey]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.163.1.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases argued and determined, in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, from the year 1746-7, to 1755.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Editors: Vesey, Francis, 1721?-1804.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records
ESTC: T6635
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/7 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/7 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir Alexander Gordon of Culvenan
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299362
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Monthly Review Vol. 50. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 50
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 50
Record ID 299371
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Atkyns Reports 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke [Atkyns]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.159.4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, in the time of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke: collected and methodized by John Tracy Atkyns, Of Lincoln’s Inn, Esq; Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1765-1768. Format: folio. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: Atkyns, John Tracy, ca. 1710-1773.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T98193
Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified)
Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: Court of Chancery Great Britain (Unspecified), Genre: Law
Cases Argued and Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299374
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Burrows reports 3 vol. fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765. Life dates: 1743-1827.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond [Burrow]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: TR E.159.2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the death of Lord Raymond; in four parts, Distributed according to the Times of his four Successors, Lord Hardwicke, Sir William Lee, Sir Dudley Ryder, and Lord Mansfield.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1766-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records
ESTC: T97747
James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782)
Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr George Fergusson Lord Hermand
Author: James Burrow (Male, born 1701, died 1782), Genre: Law
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King’s Bench, since the Death of Lord Raymond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 299359
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 203
Ives Voyages 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: 1750-1823 .
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty.
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV [Ives]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.c. .
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
A voyage from England to India, in the year MDCCLIV. And an historical narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756, 1757; including a Correspondence between the Admiral and the Nabob Serajah Dowlah. Interspersed with Some interesting Passages relating to the Manners, Customs, &c. of several Nations in Indostan. Also, a Journey From Persia to England, by an unusual route. With an appendix, Containing an Account of the Diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson’s Squadron: A Description of most of the Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, of India, with their real, or supposed, medicinal Virtues: Also a Copy of a Letter written by a late ingenious Physician, on the Disorders incidental to Europeans at Gombroon in the Gulph of Persia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 34
ESTC: T12210
Edward Ives (Male, died 1786)
Genre: Travel
Voyage from England to India, in the Year MDCCLIV. And An Historical Narrative of The Operations of the Squadron and Army in India, under the Command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the Years 1755, 1756 and 1757
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Matthew Ross of Condie
Author: Edward Ives (Male, died 1786), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299380
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 204
Critical Review for the year 1760. in 8
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: seven shill. sterl..
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1760
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1776/2/9 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/9 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1760
Record ID 299383
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 204
Opera del Metastasio tom 5 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five Shillings Sterl.
Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1744. Life dates: d. 1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Ae].7/3.15-22.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del signor abate Pietro Metastasio.
Language: Italian . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1755-1783. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 101 times in 38 borrowing records
Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782)
Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Swinton of Swinton; junior
Author: Pietro Metastasio (Male, born 1698, died 1782), Genre: Poetry
Poesie del Signor Abate Pietro Metastasio
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299398
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 206
Bonnet palingenesie philophique 2 vol 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La palingénésie philosophique, ou idées sur l'état passé, et sur l'état futur des êtres vivans [Bonnet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: [Mar].6/1.1-2.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
La palingénésie philosophique, ou Idées sur l'état passé et sur l'état futur des êtres vivans.
Language: French . Published: Geneva. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Palingénésie Philosophique
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/10 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Author: Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299455
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 206
Do Corps organises 2 Vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/20 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1723. Life dates: 1696-1782.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considérations sur les corps organisés [Bonnet]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Cp.6.47 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps organisés. Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction etc.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 6 borrowing records
Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps Organisés
Borrowed: 1776/2/10 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/20 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Home Lord Kames
Author: Charles Bonnet (Male, born 1720, died 1793), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Considerations sur les Corps Organisés
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299476
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 207
Critical Review vol. 1 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
Critical review, or, Annals of literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 94 times in 75 borrowing records
ESTC: P2120
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Critical Review, or Annals of Literature
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299473
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 207
Monthly Review Vol. 1 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr William Stewart
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1748-1805.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly review; or, Literary journal.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Periodicals
The Monthly review. A periodical work, giving an account, with proper abstracts of, and extracts from, the new books, pamphlets, &c. as they come out. ... By several hands
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749-1789. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 347 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: P1963
Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review. A Periodical Work, Giving an Account ... of, and Extracts from, the New Books, Pamphlets, &c.
Borrowed: 1776/2/12 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/12 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr William Stewart
Genre: Periodicals
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 299557
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 208
Berenger's horsemanship 2 vol. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/16 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl..
Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1755. Life dates: d. 1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The history and art of horsemanship [Berenger]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: I.34.b.10-11.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The history and art of horsemanship.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 11 times in 9 borrowing records
ESTC: T127820
Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
History and Art of Horsemanship
Borrowed: 1776/2/16 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/16 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr William Nairne of Dunsinnan
Author: Richard Berenger (Male, born c.1719, died 1782), Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
History and Art of Horsemanship
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299575
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Travels of Imagination
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London, in a stage-coach.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Bl.6/1.11.
Confidence level: Certain
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The travels of the imagination; a true journey from Newcastle to London, in a stage-coach. With observations upon the metropolis. By J. M.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6
ESTC: T11822
James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
Travels of the Imagination; a True Journey from Newcastle to London, in a Stage-Coach
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: James Murray (Male, born 1732, died 1782), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
Travels of the Imagination; a True Journey from Newcastle to London, in a Stage-Coach
Record ID 299572
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Baltimores Travels 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Frederick Calvert Baron Baltimore (Male, born 1731, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
A tour to the east, in the years 1763 and 1764 [Baltimore]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.166.f.
Confidence level: Certain
Frederick Calvert Baron Baltimore (Male, born 1731, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
A tour to the east, in the years 1763 and 1764. With remarks on the city of Constantinople and the Turks. Also select pieces of Oriental wit, poetry and wisdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1
ESTC: N13716
Frederick Calvert Baron Baltimore (Male, born 1731, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Tour to the East, in the years 1763 and 1764
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Frederick Calvert Baron Baltimore (Male, born 1731, died 1771), Genre: Travel
Record ID 299578
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Travels into france & Italy 2 vol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy [Smollett]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.161.g.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy. In two volumes. ... With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice: to which is added, a register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city.
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1766. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T55398
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Travel
Travels through France and Italy
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299569
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 210
Barrettis Travels into Italy 2 vol
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
An account of the manners and customs of Italy; with observations on the mistakes of some travellers, with regard to that country, by Joseph Baretti.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.171.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
An account of the manners and customs of Italy; with observations on the mistakes of some travellers, with regard to that country, by Joseph Baretti.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
ESTC: T83918
Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy; with Observations on the Mistakes of Some Travellers
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/3/17 (Sunday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Giuseppe Baretti (Male, born 1719, died 1789), Genre: Travel
Account of the Manners and Customs of Italy; with Observations on the Mistakes of Some Travellers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299584
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 211
Encyclopedie tom 5 fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds Sterl.
Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1739-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain). Politics/Office Holders > Secretary of State.
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie; ou, Dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts, et des métiers, etc. Recueil de planches, sur les sciences, les arts libéraux, et les arts méchaniques, avec leur explication.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.190.e (Wanting vol. 1).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Confidence level: Certain
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une société de gens de lettres.
Language: French . Published: Neuchâtel. Date of publication: 1751-1780. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 13 borrowing records
Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784)
Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Borrowed: 1776/2/17 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/2/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Henry Dundas of Melville
Author: Jean le Rond d' Alembert (Male, born 1717, died 1783), Denis Diderot (Male, born 1713, died 1784), Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5
Record ID 299608
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 213
Modern Universal History Vol. 20. 21.22.23.24.[note in margin] given to Mr Ramsay Vols. 25.26.27. Modern History 8.vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: five pounds sterling.
Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1761. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Genre: History
Modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.96.d.6-E.96.f.16.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: History
The modern part of An universal history, from the earliest account of time.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 44 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 137 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: N472050
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Genre: History
Modern Part of the Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27
Record ID 299614
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 213
Sheridans Lectures 2 vol 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Twelve Shillings Sterl.
Mr Harry Erskine
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1768. Life dates: 1746-1817.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord Advocate. Law > Dean of Faculty. Politics/Office Holders > MP (Britain).
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; ... By Thomas Sheridan.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Jo.Bal.2.23-24.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the art of reading; First Part: Containing The Art of Reading Prose.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 10 borrowing records
ESTC: T91105
Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788)
Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Borrowed: 1776/2/22 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/3/22 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Harry Erskine
Author: Thomas Sheridan (Male, born 1719, died 1788), Genre: Education
Lectures on the Art of Reading
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299623
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 215
Blackstones Commentaries vol. 1.2. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/23 (Saturday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds Sterl.
Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1776. Life dates: d. 1810.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England [Blackstone, 1765-1769]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection AB(F)/BLA.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1765-1769. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 33 borrowing records
ESTC: T57753
Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Borrowed: 1776/2/23 (Friday). Returned: 1776/3/23 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mr Munro Ross of Pitcalnie
Author: Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780), Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 299638
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 217
Burn's Justice of the Peace vol. 2.d
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/29 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1743. Life dates: 1719-1784.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Sheriff.
Alexander Mason
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate’s Clerk.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
The justice of the peace, and parish officer [Burn, 2 vols, 1764]
Possible modern shelfmark: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
The justice of the peace, and parish officer [8th edn, 1764]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T68919
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/29 (Friday).
Borrowers: Mr David Dalrymple of Westhall, Alexander Mason
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 299650
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 217
Histoire literaire de la France tom 7.8.9.10.11. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Reverend Robert Henry
Gender: Male.
Life dates: 1718-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: T.453 (Wanting tom. 1-10, 12) .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France ...
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1759-1927. Format: 4to. Pagination: 36 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 1 borrowing record
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Borrowed: 1776/2/26 (Monday). Returned: 1776/3/26 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Reverend Robert Henry
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: History
Histoire Litéraire de la France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7, Volume 8, Volume 9, Volume 10, Volume 11
Record ID 299875
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 219
Bougainvilles Voyage 4to
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Gender: Male. Address: Old Assembly Close; St John Street, Canongate, Edinburgh.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1729-1804.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. By Lewis de Bougainville.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.151.d.
Confidence level: Certain
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
A voyage round the world. Performed by order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T82890
Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811)
Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World ... in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 [Bougainville]
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Sir David Rae of Eskgrove; Lord Eskgrove
Author: Comte Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (Male, born 1729, died 1811), Genre: Travel
Voyage Round the World ... in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 [Bougainville]
Record ID 299851
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 219
Pembertons Chemistry 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1761. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A course of chemistry, divided into twenty-four lectures, formerly given by the late learned Doctor Henry Pemberton.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.30.d.alpha.
Confidence level: Certain
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
A course of chemistry, divided into twenty-four lectures, formerly given by the late learned Doctor Henry Pemberton, Professor of Physic at Gresham College, Fellow of the Royal Society, and of that at Berlin. Now first published from the author’s manuscript by James Wilson, M.D.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Wilson, James
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T78167
Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Course of Chemistry
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr John Ramsay John Ramsay Balfour of Balbirnie
Author: Henry Pemberton (Male, born 1694, died 1771), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 299905
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 220
Beawes's lex mercatoria rediv. in fol.
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday). Fine pledged in case of late return: three pounds sterl..
Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1764. Life dates: 1738-1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, The merchant’s directory [Beawes]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Confidence level: Certain
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex mercatoria rediviva: or, the merchant’s directory. Being a complete guide to all men in business, Whether AS Traders, Remitters, Owners, Freighters, Captains, Insurers, Brokers, Factors, Supercargoes, Agents. Containing an account of our trading companies and colonies, with their Establishments, and an Abstract of their Charters; the duty of consuls, and the Laws subsisting about Aliens, Naturalization and Denization. To which is added, a state of the present general traffick of the whole world ; describing the Manufactures and Products of each particular Nation: And Tables of the Correspondence and Agreement of the European Coins, Weights, and Measures, with the Addition of all others that are known. Extracted from the works of the best writers both at Home and Abroad; more especially from those justly celebrated ones of Messieurs Savary; improved and corrected by the author’s own observations, during his long Continuance in Trade. The whole calculated for the Use and Service of the Merchant, Lawyer, Senator, and Gentleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: N19415
Wyndham Beawes (Male)
Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Lex Mercatoria Rediviva: or, the Merchant’s Directory
Borrowed: 1776/2/28 (Wednesday). Returned: 1776/3/28 (Thursday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Elphinstone of Glack
Author: Wyndham Beawes (Male), Genre: Law, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Record ID 301126
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Memoires Historiques de France 4 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1775. Life dates: 1753-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques, et Anecdotes de France.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: D.22.d.6-9.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Certain
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires historiques, critiques et anecdotes de France.
Language: French . Published: Amsterdam. Date of publication: 1764. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 2 borrowing records
Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780)
Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques et Anecdotes de France
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Robertson Lord Robertson
Author: Jean-François Dreux du Radier (Male, born 1714, died 1780), Genre: History
Mémoires Historiques, Critiques et Anecdotes de France
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 301123
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 225
Causes celebres tom. 15.th in 12
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.
Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1756. Life dates: 1734-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Lord President.
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes celebres et interessantes, avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées [Gaylot de Pitaval]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection [t].5.3-23.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Confidence level: Certain
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes célèbres et intéressantes avec les jugemens qui les ont decidées.
Language: French . Published: The Hague. Date of publication: 1735-1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 22 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 29 borrowing records
François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743)
Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Borrowed: 1776/3/7 (Thursday). Returned: 1776/4/7 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Maclaurin Lord Dreghorn
Author: François Gayot de Pitaval (Male, born 1673, died 1743), Genre: Law
Causes Célèbres et Intéressantes avec les Jugemens qui les ont Decidées
Volumes borrowed: Volume 15
Record ID 301147
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 228
Hawkesworth's Voyages vol. 1. in 4
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound Sterl.
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.
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere [Hawkesworth]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.149.b.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 62 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T74467
John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere
Borrowed: 1776/3/9 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/4/9 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr Andrew Balfour Andrew Balfour Ramsay of Whitehill
Author: John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773), Genre: Travel
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 301156
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 229
Burns ecclesiastical law tom 2. 4to
Borrowed: 1776/3/11 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr Alexander Millar
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1773. Life dates: 1751-1790.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law [Burn]
Possible modern shelfmark: AL: Historical Collection TR E.143.3].
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical law.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T70032
Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785)
Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Borrowed: 1776/3/11 (Monday). Returned: 1776/4/12 (Friday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Millar
Author: Richard Burn (Male, born 1709, died 1785), Genre: Law
Ecclesiastical Law [Richard Burn]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2