28^th & 29^th Vol of Universal history

Borrowed: 1768/12/30 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: Dec^r. 30^th. Original Borrower: Peter Watson. Other reader: for Mrs Watson.

Borrowers

Peter Watson
Gender: Male.

Mrs Watson
Gender: Female. Borrower type: Other.

Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 28, Volume 29

the History of Corisca

Borrowed: 1769/1/9 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: Janr^y 9^th 1768. Original Borrower: Simon Sawers.

Borrower

Simon Sawers
Gender: Male.

Book HoldingLibrary record

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.

vol 1 Collection of Voyages

Borrowed: 1769/1/9 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: Janr^y 9^th 1768. Original Borrower: Alex Dick.

Borrower

Alexander Dick
Gender: Male.

Book HoldingLibrary record

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

the second 3^d Vol: Spectacle de nature

Borrowed: 1769/1/17 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: January 17^th 1769. Original Borrower: James Burnet.

Borrower

James Burnet
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

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 2, Volume 3

4^th. Vo^ls of Stackhouse House History of the Bible

Borrowed: 1769/1/17 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 17^th Janry 1769. Original Borrower: GSibbald.

Borrower

George Sibbald
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author.

Book Holding

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 4

30^th 31^st Vo^ls Universal History

Borrowed: 1769/1/29 (Sunday). Original Borrowed Date: 29 Jan^y 1769. Original Borrower: P^r Watson.

Borrower

Peter Watson
Gender: Male.

Book Holding

Genre: History
Modern part of an universal history, from the earliest account of time. Complied from original writers. By the authors of the antient part.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 30, Volume 31