Helen Williams (Female)
Genre: Fiction
Anecdotes of a convent. By the author of Memoirs of Mrs. Williams. In three volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 93 times in 39 borrowing records

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Helen Williams (Female)
Genre: Fiction
Anecdotes of a Convent

Sarah Scott (Female, born 1720, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
The Life of Theodore Agrippa d'Aubigné, containing a succinct account of the most remarkable occurrences during the civil wars of France in the reigns of Charles IX, Henry III, Henry IV, and in the minority of Lewis XIII.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7

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Sarah Scott (Female, born 1720, died 1795)
Genre: Lives
Life of Theodore Agrippa d'Aubigné

Cornelis de Bruyn (Male, born c.1652, died 1727)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies. Containing, an Accurate Description of whatever is most remarkable in those Countries. And Embelished With above 320 Copper Plates, representing the finest Prospects, and most considerable Cities in those Parts; the different Habits of the People; the singular extraordinary Birds, Fishes, and Plants which are there to be found: As likewise the Antiquities of those Countries, and particularly the noble Ruins of the famous Palace of Persepolis, called Chelminar by the Persians. The whole being delineated on the Spot, from the respective Objects. To which is added, An Account of the Journey of Mr. Isbrants, Ambassador from Muscovy, through Russina and Tartary, to China; together with Remarks on the Travels of Sir John Chardin, and Mr. Kempfer, and a Letter written to the Author on that Subject. In Two Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Cornelis de Bruyn (Male, born c.1652, died 1727)
Genre: Travel
Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East-Indies

Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
The young measurer’s complete guide; or a new and universal treatise of mensuration, both with regard to theory and practice. Containing: I. A plain and easy Introduction to Decimal and Duodecimal Arithmetic, and the Extraction of the Square and Cube Roots. II. A select Number of Geometrical Problems useful in Mensuration. III. The Method of measuring all kinds of Superficies. IV. The whole Art of surveying or measuring Land, explained in the most easy and familiar Manner. V. The Method of measuring the Works of Bricklayers, Joyners, Carpenters, Glaziers, Painters, Plasterers, and Plumbers. VI. The Art of measuring Solids, both regular and irregular. Vii. The Art of Guaging all kinds of Vessels. Viii. The practical and true Methods of Measuring Timber, Stone, &c. IX. The Manner of calculating Tables for measuring Timber, &c. X. The best Methods of taking the Dimensions of Timber, so as to avoid the gross Errors attending the common Practice. XI. The Art of measuring standing Timber. XII. The Manner of finding the Tonnage of Ships very accurately. XIII. The Method of measuring Sawyers Work. XIV. Of measuring Cases, &c. sent by Sea, and which pay Freight by the solid Foot. XV. The Method of measuring Cord-Wood, Marle-Pits, Hayricks, Statues, and other irregular Bodies. XVI. The Construction of the Plain Scale, and its various Uses in the Practical Branches of the Mathematics. The Whole laid down in so easy and familiar a Manner, as to render it not only useful for Youths at School, but also necessary for Artificers of every Kind, and for such Gentlemen as are desirous of Surveying their Lands, Measuring their Buildings, Timber, &c. By D. Fenning. Author of the British Youth’s Instructor, or a New and Easy Guide to Practical Arithmetic, and the Royal English Dictionary, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 15

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Daniel Fenning (Male)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Young Measurer’s Complete Guide

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
An historical dissertation concerning the antiquity of the English constitution.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8

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Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
Historical Dissertation Concerning the Antiquity of the English Constitution

Walter Goodall (Male, born 1706, died 1766)
Genre: History
An introduction to the history and antiquities of Scotland [by Walter Goodall. Translated from the original Latin / by William Tytler].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Translators: William Tytler
Number of borrowings: 28

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Walter Goodall (Male, born 1706, died 1766)
Genre: History
Introduction to the History and Antiquities of Scotland [Walter Goodall]

John Stedman (Male, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Physiological essays and observations, by John Stedman, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 48

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John Stedman (Male, died 1791)
Genre: Medicine
Physiological Essays and Observations [John Stedman]

Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
An historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with a journal of travels from London through Russia into Persia; and back again through Russia, Germany and Holland. To which are added, the revolutions of Persia during the present century, with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli. In four volumes. By Jonas Hanway, merchant.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1753. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 18 borrowing records

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Jonas Hanway (Male, born 1712, died 1786)
Genre: History, Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the British Trade over the Caspian Sea

John Dryden (Male, born 1631, died 1700)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The miscellaneous works of John Dryden... containing all his original poems, tales, and translations, now first collected and published together in four volumes. With explanatory notes and observations. Also an account of his life and writings.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 17 times in 8 borrowing records

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John Dryden (Male, born 1631, died 1700)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden

Antonio de Solis (Male, born 1610, died 1686)
Genre: History
The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. By Thomas Townsend Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1724. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7

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Antonio de Solis (Male, born 1610, died 1686)
Genre: History
History of the Conquest of Mexico

Pieter de la Court (Male, born c.1618, died 1685)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The true interest and political maxims, of the republic of Holland. Viz. I. Of the Nature, Product, and Advantages of Holland. II. Of the Fishing-Trade, &c. of Holland. III. Why heavy Taxes have not drove the Fishing-Trade, &c. out of Holland. IV. Of the antient State of Manufactures, Fisheries, and Navigation in Europe. V. That Holland is a richer merchandizing Country than ever was in the World. VI. That all Monopolies are prejudicial to Holland. VII. The great Advantages of Colonies to Holland. VIII. Of the Interest of Holland in Relation to foreign Princes and States. IX. That a free Navigation ought to be kept. X. Of Alliances, particularly with England. XI. That Holland, under a Stadholder, was in continual Broils and Tumults. XII. That Holland, during its free Government, is very well able to resist all foreign Power. XIII. That Holland, united with Utrecht only, is able to defend herself against all the Potentates of the World, &c. &c. &c. Written by the great Statesman and Patriot John De Witt, Grand-Pensioner of Holland Translated from the Original Dutch To which is prefixed, (never before printed) Historical Memoirs of the Illustrious Brothers Cornelius and John de Witt. By John Campbell, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1746. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Pieter de la Court (Male, born c.1618, died 1685)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
True Interest and Political Maxims, of the Republic of Holland

Sydney Parkinson (Male, born c.1745, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour / faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition with Dr. Solander, round the world.; embellished with views and designs, delineated by the Author, and engraved by capital artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8

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Sydney Parkinson (Male, born c.1745, died 1771)
Genre: Travel
Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour

Walter Moyle (Male, born 1672, died 1721)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The works of Walter Moyle Esq; none of which were ever before publish’d. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1726. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records

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Walter Moyle (Male, born 1672, died 1721)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Works of Walter Moyle

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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 35 times in 32 borrowing records

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Robert Orme (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: History
History of the Military Transactions of the British Nation in Indostan, from the Year MDCCXLV

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

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Alexander Dow (Male, died 1779)
Genre: History, Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
History of Hindostan

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

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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

Joseph Harris (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise of navigation: containing, I. The theory of navigation demonstrated; wherein it is proved, that the Nature of the thing called Departure is quite different from that which the Writers upon this Subject took it to be: That Middle-Latitude Sailing is erroneous; and that the common Method of keeping Reckonings in Meridional Distance, is grossly false. II. Nautical problems: Of a single Course, Traverse; of computing the Bearings and Distances of Places. The Use of Mercator's Chart made easy, and a new Method for finding the Bearings of Places upon Charts, without the Confusion of Rhumb-Lines. Of Currents, and how to find them several Ways: Of turning to Windward in Currents, &c. III. Astronomical promblems: Improvements made in the common Sea-Quadrant. The Description of a new Fore-Staff, which is much more accurate and commodious than the common one. The Errors of the Nocturnal shewed and demonstrated. Tables of the Sun's Place, Declination, and Right Ascention. A Table of the most eminent Fixed Stars, contrived in such a manner, as to shew by Inspection, which is the properest Star for Observation, in all Places, and at all Times of the Year. IV. Practical Navigation: Improvements made in the common Sea-Compass. The Description of a new Azimuth-Compass, which is so contrived as to be kept from being disturbed by the Motion of the Ship. How to find the Lee-Way to a great Exactness, and a new and commodious Method of keeping a Sea-Journal. To which is prefixed, by way of Introduction, A succinct Treatise of Plain Trigonometry. By Joseph Harris, Teacher of the Mathematicks.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 13

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Joseph Harris (Male, born 1704, died 1764)
Genre: Mathematics, Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise of Navigation

Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
The general history of Polybius. In five books. Translated from the Greek by Mr. Hampton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 4to.
Translators: Hampton
Number of borrowings: 26

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Polybius (Male, born c.BCE200, died BCE118)
Genre: History
Histories [Polybius]

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The revolutions of Portugal. Written in French by the Abbot de Vertot, Of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions. Done into English from the last French edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17

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

Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785)
Genre: History
The history of Ireland from the invasion of Henry II. With a preliminary discourse on the antient state of that kingdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 11 borrowing records

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Thomas Leland (Male, born 1722, died 1785)
Genre: History
History of Ireland from the Invasion of Henry II

William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from its foundation to the present time : containing a faithful relation of the publick transactions of the citizens; accounts of the several parishes; its governments, civil, ecclesiastical, and military; incorporations of trades and manufactures; courts of justice; state of learning; charitable foundations, &c. : with the several accounts of the parishes of the Canongate, St. Cuthbert, and other districts within the suburbs of Edinburgh : together with the antient and present state of the town of Leith, and a perambulation of divers miles round the city : with an alphabetical index : in nine books.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1753. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 34

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William Maitland (Male, born c.1693, died 1757)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time

George Smith of Kendal (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A compleat body of distilling, explaining the mysteries of that science, in a most easy and familiar manner; Containing an Exact and accurate Method of making all the Compound Cordial-Waters now in Use, with a particular Account of their several Virtues: As also a directory Consisting of All the Instructions necessary for learning the distillers art; with a Computation of the original Cost of the several Ingredients, and the Profits arising in Sale. Adapted no less to the Use of private Families, than of Apothecaries and Distillers.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3

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George Smith of Kendal (Male)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Compleat Body of Distilling

Johann Reinhold Forster (Male, born 1729, died 1798)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
A catalogue of the animals of North America. Containing, an enumeration of the known quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, crustaceous and testaceous animals; many of which are new, and never described before. To which are added, short directions for collecting, preserving, and transporting, all kinds of natural history curiosities. By John Reinhold Forster, F.A.S.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8

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Johann Reinhold Forster (Male, born 1729, died 1798)
Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Reference Works
Catalogue of the Animals of North America

John Graham (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Theology
The religious establishment in Scotland examined upon Protestant principles: a tract, occasioned by the late prosecution against the late Reverend Mr. Alexander Fergusson, Minister in Kilwinning.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1

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John Graham (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Theology
Religious Establishment in Scotland Examined upon Protestant Principles

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. / by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. ; in three volumes ; illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 144 times in 100 borrowing records

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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

Genre: Education, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of two young gentlemen. Exhibiting the most striking instances of the seduction and snares to which young people are liable, the horrors consequent upon vice and dissipation, the amazing efficacy of divine grace in conversion, the pleasures of a religious life, and the joy of dying in the Lord. Interspersed with awful warnings to companions in iniquity, serious exhortations to improve the time of divine forbearance and benignity, and remarkable anecdotes of the glories of redeeming love and mercy in the salvation of some persons of the most abandoned characters. The Whole Designed To humble and reclaim the sons of vice and profaneness, to animate devoutaspirers to heaven, to repress self-righteousness, exalt the righteousness of God, and promote the sacred interests of religion and virtue.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 4

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Genre: Education, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Memoirs of Two Young Gentlemen. Exhibiting the Most Striking Instances of the Seduction and Snares to which Young People are Liable

Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The Administration of the Colonies. Wherein their Rights and Constitution are discussed and stated, By Thomas Pownall, Late Governor and Commander in Chief of his his Majesty’s Provinces, Massachusetts-Bay and South-Carolina, and Lieutenant-Governor of New-Jersey.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3

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Thomas Pownall (Male, born 1722, died 1805)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Administration of the Colonies. Wherein their Rights and Constitution are Discussed and Stated

Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A dissertation upon parties; in several letters to Caleb d'Anvers, Esq; dedicated to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1735. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1

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Henry St John Viscount Bolingbroke (Male, born 1678, died 1751)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Dissertation upon Parties

Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Theology
A Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, which are supposed to have subsisted in the Christian Church, from the earliest ages, through several successive centuries...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1749. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7

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Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Theology
Free Inquiry into the Miraculous Powers, which are Supposed to have Subsisted in the Christian Church

Alexander Malcolm (Male, born 1685, died 1763)
Genre: Mathematics
A New System of Arithmetick, Theorical and Practical. Wherein The Science of Numbers is Demonstrated In a Regular Course from its First Principles, thro' all the Parts and Branches thereof; Either known to the Ancients, or owing to the Improvements of the Moderns. The Practice and Application to the Affairs of Life and Commerce being also Fully Explained: So as to make the Whole a Complete System of Theory, For the Purposes of Men of Science; And of Practice, for Men of Business. By Alexander Malcolm, A.M. Teacher of the Mathematicks at Aberdeen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 8

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Alexander Malcolm (Male, born 1685, died 1763)
Genre: Mathematics
New System of Arithmetick, Theorical and Practical [Alexander Malcolm]

William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on India Affairs; particularily respecting the present state of Bengal and its dependencies.: to which is prefixed, a map of those countries, chiefly from actual surveys. The second edition, with additions / By William Bolts, merchant, and alderman, or judge of the Hon. The Mayor's Court of Calcutta.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2

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William Bolts (Male, born c.1740, died 1808)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Considerations on India Affairs; Particularily Respecting the Present state of Bengal and its Dependencies

Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
A View of the rise, progress, and present state of the English government in Bengal: including a Reply to the Misrepresentations of Mr. Bolts, and other Writers. By Harry Verelst, Esq. Late Governor of Bengal.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4

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Harry Verelst (Male, died 1785)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Government in Bengal

Johann Georg Keyssler (Male, born 1693, died 1743)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain. Giving a True and Just Description of the Present State of those Countries; their Natural, Literary, and Political History; Manners, Laws, Commerce, Manufactures, Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Coins, Antiquities, Curiosities of Art and Nature, &c. Illustrated with Copper-Plates, engraved from Drawings taken on the Spot. By John George Keysler, Fellow of the Royal Society in London. Carefully translated from the Second Edition of the German. In Four Volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1756-1757. Format: 4to. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 10 borrowing records

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Johann Georg Keyssler (Male, born 1693, died 1743)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy, Genre: Travel
Travels through Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, and Lorrain

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Reference Works
The history of the works of the learned. Giving a general view of the state of learning throughout Europe, and containing an impartial account and accurate abstracts of the most valuable books publish'd in Great Britain and foreign parts. Interspers'd with dissertations on several curious and entertaining subjects, critical reflections, and memoirs of the most eminent writers in all branches of polite literature.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1737-1743. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Ephraim Chambers
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 18 times in 9 borrowing records

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Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Reference Works
History of the Works of the Learned

Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophical Experiments: containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for such as undertake long Voyages at Sea. Shewing how Sea-Water may be made Fresh and Wholsome: And how Fresh-Water may be preserv'd Sweet. How Biscuit, Corn, &c. may be secured from the Weevel, Meggots, and other Insects. And Flesh preserv'd in hot climates, by Salting Animals whole. To which is added, An Account of several Experiments and Observations on Chalyheate or Steel-Waters: With some Attempts to convey them to distant Places, preserving their Virtue to a greater Degree than has hitherto been done. Likewise a Proposal for cleansing away Mud, &c. out of Rivers, Harbours, and Reservoirs. Which were read before the Royal-Society, at several of their Meetings, by Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. Rector of Farringdon in Hampshire, and minister of Teddington, Middlesex.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1739. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 16

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Stephen Hales (Male, born 1677, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Philosophical Experiments [Stephen Hales]

John Brown (Male, born c.1722, died 1787)
Genre: Theology
A general history of the Christian church, from the birth of our Saviour to the present time : containing a succinct account of external events, prosperous or calamitous; the state of learning; the state of practical religion; and the disputes, heresies, and sects, that have troubled the Christian church, in each century : with an appendix, containing the history of philosophers, deists, Socinians, Arminians, Anabaptists, Quakers, Moravians, &c. : to which is subjoined, a list of errors, especially since the Reformation : in two volumes / by John Brown, minister of the Gospel at Haddington.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 28 times in 15 borrowing records

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John Brown (Male, born c.1722, died 1787)
Genre: Theology
General History of the Christian Church

James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr. Houstoun’s memoirs of his own life-time. Containing, among other curious particulars, during upwards of thirty years travels, an account of I. The Scotch settlement at Darien. II. The great Advantages accruing to Great Britain from an Incorporated Union of the Whole Island. III. The Rise and Progress of the Royal African and Assiente Companies. IV. The Rise and Fall of the grand South Sea Bubble, &c. in 1720. V. The Conduct of the Spaniards, and Manner of their Trade in the West Indies. VI. The secret Expedition thither in 1740. Vii. Some Anecdotes of the Government of Jamaica, with the Characteristicks of its Inhabitants. Viii. The Importance of Cape-Breton to the British Nation. IX. An Essay on Genius and Education. Collected from the Author’s Original Manuscripts, and Publish’d by Jacob Bickerstaff, M. A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7

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James Houstoun (Male, born c.1690)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Dr Houstoun’s Memoirs of His Own Life-Time

Henry Rimius (Male, died c.1757)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the House of Brunswick from the most early accounts Of That Illustrious Family to the end of the reign of King George the First. To which are added Eight large Tables, comprehending the Genealogy of that House And A copious Index of the principal Matters contained in the Work. By Henry Rimius, Aulic Counsellor to his late Majesty the King of Prussia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 5

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Henry Rimius (Male, died c.1757)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of the House of Brunswick from the Most Early Accounts of That Illustrious Family

William Tytler (Male, born 1711, died 1792)
Genre: History
An inquiry, historical and critical, into the evidence against Mary Queen of Scots: and an examination of the histories of Dr Robertson and Mr Hume, with respect to that evidence.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14

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William Tytler (Male, born 1711, died 1792)
Genre: History
Inquiry, Historical and Critical, into the Evidence against Mary Queen of Scots

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead / [by George, Lord Lyttelton].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8

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George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead

Eobald Toze (Male, born 1715, died 1789)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
The present state of Europe: exhibiting a view of the natural and civil history of the Several countries and kingdoms: Their Present Constitution and Form of Government; their Customs, Manners, Laws, and Religion; their Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Commerce; their Military Establishments, Public Treaties, and Political Interests and Connexions. To which is prefixed, An Introductory Discourse on the Principles of Polity and Government. By M.E. Totze, Late Secretary to the University of Gottingen, and now Professor of History in the University of Butzow, and Duchy of Mecklenburg. Translated from the German by Thomas Nugent, LL.D. And Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Translators: Nugent, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 7 borrowing records

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Eobald Toze (Male, born 1715, died 1789)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Present State of Europe: Exhibiting a View of the Natural and Civil History of the Several Countries and Kingdoms

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. By Peter Kalm, professor of Oeconomy in the University of Aobo in Swedish Finland, and member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences. Translated into English by John Reinhold Forster, F. A. S. Enriched with a map, several cuts for the illustration of natural history, and some additional notes. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 8vo.
Translators: John Reinhold Forster
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 9 borrowing records

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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

Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27), Jean de La Fontaine (Male, born 1621, died 1695)
Genre: Poetry
Tales from Fontaine; the first Satire and first Epistle of Horace; and a letter to a friend on his repining of old age.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 5