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F.R.262a/4, page 113

Record ID 210797

Horsley's Britannia fol.

Borrowed: 1771/11/25 (Monday). Returned: 1771/12/25 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: two pound sterl..


Borrower

Mr John Pringle
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1763. Life dates: 1741-1811.


Book HoldingLibrary record

John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain: in three books [Horsley]
Possible modern shelfmark: A.42.c.4.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain: in three books. The I. Contains the history of all the Roman Transactions in Britain, with an account of their legionary and auxiliary forces employed here, and a determination of the stations per lineam valli; also a large description of the Roman walls, with maps of the same laid down from a geometrical survey. II. Contains a compleat collection of the Roman inscriptions and sculptures which have hitherto been discovered in Britain, with the letters engraved in their proper shape and proportionate size, and the reading placed under each; as also an historical account of them, with explanatory and critical observations. III. Contains the Roman Geography of Britain, in which are given the originals of Ptolemy, Antonini Itinerarium, the Notitia, the anonymous Ravennas, and Peutinger’s table, so far as they relate to this island, with particular essays on each of these ancient authors, and the several places in Britain mentioned by them. To which are added, A chronological table, and indexes to the inscriptions and sculptures after the manner of Gruier and Reinsius. also geographical indexes both of the latin and english names of the roman place in Britain, and a general index to the work. The whole illustrated with above an hundred copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1732. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 4


Book Work

John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732)
Genre: History
Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain

Borrowed: 1771/11/25 (Monday). Returned: 1771/12/25 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr John Pringle

Author: John Horsley (Male, born 1675, died 1732), Genre: History

Britannia Romana: or The Roman Antiquities of Britain

Record ID 210800

Appollonius de orationis constructione Gr Lat. fol.

Borrowed: 1771/11/25 (Monday). Returned: 1771/12/25 (Wednesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: one pound sterl.


Borrowers

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.

Mr John Hunter
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other.
Life dates: 1745-1857.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor. Law > Advocate’s Clerk.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Apollonius Dyscolus (Male)
Genre: Education
Apollonii Alexandrini De syntaxi seu constructione orationis libri IIII.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.43.d.