An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 297613
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 297619
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 297616
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 297622
Spence Polymetis fol
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Two pounds 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.
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists [Spence]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ai.1.7.
Confidence level: Certain
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, an enquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remains of the antient artists.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 7
ESTC: T133753
Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets
Borrowed: 1775/12/2 (Saturday). Returned: 1776/1/2 (Tuesday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Joseph Spence (Male, born 1699, died 1768), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Poetry
Polymetis: or, An Enquiry Concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets