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Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

Month: January 2022

Forgotten Best-Sellers: John Moore’s Zeluco (1789)

31 January 2022 Katie Halsey Books, Forgotten Best-Sellers

In this blog, I am initiating a new thread in our blogposts, which we’re calling ‘Forgotten Best-Sellers’, in homage to[…]

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Anatomy of a Holding: Robert Burns at the Wigtown Subscription Library

24 January 2022 Gerard McKeever Books, Holdings, Partners

The accounts of the Wigtown Subscription Library in Galloway register a payment of one pound, eleven shillings and sixpence for[…]

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William MacGregor Stirling: Minister, Historian, and Antiquarian

17 January 2022 Josh Smith Borrowers

It may seem facile to remark that behind each borrowing record is a borrower. Library records alone often tell us[…]

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Looking Forward to 2022

10 January 2022 Matt Sangster Project News, Project Team

The Books and Borrowing team have now returned to work after the holidays – in the first half of 2022,[…]

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