An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
Record ID 38804
1st&2d. Vols. of the Spectacle of Nature
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 1st. Septemr 1768.. Original Borrower: GSibbald.
George Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records
ESTC: N24037
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: George Sibbald
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 38805
1 Voll Callender Collecionof Voyages
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 1st. Septemr 1768.. Original Borrower: Henry Thomson.
Henry Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1749.
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain : with a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Callander, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 232 times in 172 borrowing records
ESTC: T53216
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: Henry Thomson
Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 38806
1V. of Sully 's Memoirs
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 1st Septemr 1768.. Original Borrower: John Ewan.
John Ewan
Gender: Male.
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1316.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great. Newly translated from the French edition of M. de L’Ecluse. Illustrated with an accurate map of France. To which is annexed, The trial of Francis Ravaillac, for the murder of Henry the Great.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 350 times in 203 borrowing records
ESTC: N21999
Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Borrowed: 1768/9/1 (Thursday).
Borrower: John Ewan
Author: Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783), Genre: Lives
Memoirs of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 38807
History of Corsica
Borrowed: 1768/9/15 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 15th Septr 1768. Original Borrower: GSibbald.
George Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli. By James Boswell, Esq; Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1345.
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 83 borrowing records
ESTC: T26157
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
Borrowed: 1768/9/15 (Thursday).
Borrower: George Sibbald
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
Record ID 38808
3d and 4th. vols. of Nature Delineated
Borrowed: 1768/9/17 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: 17th Septr 1768. Original Borrower: GSibbald.
George Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author.
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature delineated: being philosophical conversations.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1319.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Confidence level: Very likely
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature delineated: being philosophical conversations.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 27 borrowing records
ESTC: T119032
Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Delineated: being Philosophical Conversations
Borrowed: 1768/9/17 (Saturday).
Borrower: George Sibbald
Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Delineated: being Philosophical Conversations
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4
Record ID 38809
Stackhouse history of the Bible vol 1st.
Borrowed: 1768/9/20 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 20th Septr. Original Borrower: Wm Redfoord.
William Redfoord
Gender: Male.
Thomas Stackhouse (Male, born c.1680, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
New history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity. With answers to most of the controverted questions, ... The whole illustrated with proper maps and sculptures. By the Reverend Thomas Stackhouse,
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Stackhouse (Male, born c.1680, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
A new history of the Holy Bible, from the beginning of the world, to the establishment of Christianity. With answers to most of the controverted questions, ... The whole illustrated with proper maps and sculptures. By the Reverend Thomas Stackhouse,
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 42 borrowing records
ESTC: T101785
Thomas Stackhouse (Male, born c.1680, died 1752)
Genre: Theology
New History of the Holy Bible
Borrowed: 1768/9/20 (Tuesday).
Borrower: William Redfoord
Author: Thomas Stackhouse (Male, born c.1680, died 1752), Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 38810
the History of Corsica
Borrowed: 1768/9/21 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Septr 21. Original Borrower: Alexr Waldie.
Alexander Waldie
Gender: Male.
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli. By James Boswell, Esq; Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1345.
Confidence level: Certain
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 83 borrowing records
ESTC: T26157
James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
Borrowed: 1768/9/21 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Alexander Waldie
Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli
Record ID 38811
Dodoneus New Herball
Borrowed: 1768/9/24 (Saturday). Original Borrowed Date: Septr 24. Original Borrower: Q. Gordone.
Q Gordone
Gender: Unknown.
Rembert Dodoens (Male, born 1517, died 1585)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new herball, or historie of plants: wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their names, natures, operations, & vertues: and that not onely of those which are heere growing in this our countrie of England but of al others also of forraine realms commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Dutch or Almaigne toong, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens, phisition to the Emperor: and now first translated out of French into English, by Henrie Lyte Esquier.
Confidence level: Certain
Rembert Dodoens (Male, born 1517, died 1585)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new herball, or historie of plants: wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their names, natures, operations, & vertues: and that not onely of those which are heere growing in this our countrie of England but of al others also of forraine realms commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Dutch or Almaigne toong, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens, phisition to the Emperor: and now first translated out of French into English, by Henrie Lyte Esquier. [S109768]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1595. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: S109768
Rembert Dodoens (Male, born 1517, died 1585)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
New Herball, or Historie of Plants
Borrowed: 1768/9/24 (Saturday).
Borrower: Q Gordone
Author: Rembert Dodoens (Male, born 1517, died 1585), Genre: Natural Philosophy
Record ID 38812
2 vols. of Callendars Collection of Voyages
Borrowed: 1768/9/27 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 27th Septr.. Original Borrower: GSibbald.
George Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author.
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain : with a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1766-1768. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Callander, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 232 times in 172 borrowing records
ESTC: T53216
Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Borrowed: 1768/9/27 (Tuesday).
Borrower: George Sibbald
Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel
Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2