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Book Holding ID 69972

William Paley (Male, born 1743, died 1805)
Genre: Theology
Paley Works 18mo
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 32918

Pamphlets (unidentifiable)
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 31 times in 23 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified/unclear] (21 borrowings), Volume 3] (5 borrowings), Volume 17] (5 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 68838

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost
Number of borrowings: 11
Volumes: Volume 1] (11 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books [T43620]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1730. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 11


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John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost

Book Holding ID 69175

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Patronage
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 173 times in 47 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (44 borrowings), Volume 2] (43 borrowings), Volume 3] (43 borrowings), Volume 4] (42 borrowings), Volume 5] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Patronage. [A novel.]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1814. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 303 times in 82 borrowing records


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Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Patronage

Book Holding ID 69927

Genre: Reference Works
Paul Tossan's Hebrew Dictionary
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 30822

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Travel
Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk. [By Sir Walter Scott.]
Number of borrowings: 32
Volumes: Volume 1] (32 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Travel
Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk. [By Sir Walter Scott.]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1816. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 52


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Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Travel
Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk

Book Holding ID 69395

Pensioner
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 68449

William Bromet (Male)
Genre: Travel
Peregrine in France. A lounger's journal, in familiar letters to his friend (standardised title)
Travels in France (original title)

Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 65 times in 41 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (35 borrowings), Volume 2] (30 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Speculative

William Bromet (Male)
Genre: Travel
Peregrine in France. A lounger's journal, in familiar letters to his friend
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1816.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 65 times in 41 borrowing records


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William Bromet (Male)
Genre: Travel
Peregrine in France

Book Holding ID 69486

Genre: Periodicals
Periodicals
Number of borrowings: 16
Volumes: Volume unclear/unspecified] (16 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 69051

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, by A. de Humboldt and A. Bonpland
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 130 times in 60 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (34 borrowings), Volume 2] (31 borrowings), Volume 3] (28 borrowings), Volume 4] (16 borrowings), Volume 5] (10 borrowings), Volume 5 pt. 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 5 pt. 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 6] (2 borrowings), Volume 6 pt. 1] (3 borrowings), Volume 6 pt. 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 7] (2 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1814-1829. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 170 times in 73 borrowing records


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Alexander von Humboldt (Male, born 1769, died 1859)
Genre: Travel
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804

Book Holding ID 70038

Frederick Marryat (Male, born 1792, died 1848)
Genre: Fiction
Peter Simple
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 22 times in 16 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (6 borrowings), Volume 2] (8 borrowings), Volume 3] (8 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Frederick Marryat (Male, born 1792, died 1848)
Genre: Fiction
Peter Simple
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1834. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 16 borrowing records


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Frederick Marryat (Male, born 1792, died 1848)
Genre: Fiction
Peter Simple

Book Holding ID 69057

John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his kinsfolk
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 92 times in 46 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (33 borrowings), Volume 2] (29 borrowings), Volume 3] (30 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his kinsfolk. [By J. G. Lockhart, assisted by Christopher North.] The second edition. (Postscript to the third edition of Peter's Letters.).
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 123 times in 58 borrowing records


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John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk

Book Holding ID 69404

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Peveril of the Peak : by the author of “Waverley, Kenilworth” &c. ... In four volumes
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 144 times in 37 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (36 borrowings), Volume 2] (36 borrowings), Volume 3] (36 borrowings), Volume 4] (35 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Peveril of the Peak.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1822. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 292 times in 80 borrowing records


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Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Peveril of the Peak

Book Holding ID 68958

Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical essays [Stewart]
Number of borrowings: 9
Volumes: Volume 1] (9 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Essays.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1810. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 13


Book Work

Dugald Stewart (Male, born 1753, died 1828)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Philosophical Essays [Dugald Stewart]

Book Holding ID 69603

Phrenology and new novel
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 69039

Cort Aslaksen (Male, born 1564, died 1624)
Genre: Theology
Physica & ethica mosaica, vt antiquissima, ita vere Christiana, duobus libris comprehensa
Number of borrowings: 3
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Cort Aslaksen (Male, born 1564, died 1624)
Genre: Theology
Physica & ethica mosaica, vt antiquissima, ita vere Christiana, duobus libris comprehensa
Language: Latin . Published: Hanau. Date of publication: 1613. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


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Cort Aslaksen (Male, born 1564, died 1624)
Genre: Theology
Physica et Ethica Mosaica

Book Holding ID 69822

James Fenimore Cooper (Male, born 1789, died 1851)
Genre: Fiction
Pilot
Number of borrowings: 38
Volumes: Volume 1] (38 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Fenimore Cooper (Male, born 1789, died 1851)
Genre: Fiction
The pilot : a tale of the sea
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1832.
Number of borrowings: 38


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James Fenimore Cooper (Male, born 1789, died 1851)
Genre: Fiction
Pilot

Book Holding ID 68494

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
Plauti Comædiae Viginti
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
M. Acci Plavti comoediae viginti
Language: Latin . Published: Antwerp. Date of publication: 1609.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Titus Maccius Plautus (Male, born c.BCE254, died BCE184)
Genre: Drama
Plauti Comœdiæ Viginti

Book Holding ID 69263

Plutarch
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 68580

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives. : Translated from the original Greek ; with notes critical and historical, and a life of Plutarch
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 74 times in 27 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (22 borrowings), Volume 2] (19 borrowings), Volume 3] (12 borrowings), Volume 4] (10 borrowings), Volume 5] (7 borrowings), Volume 6] (4 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives. Translated from the original Greek; with notes historical and critical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Translators: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 75 times in 28 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Book Holding ID 68518

James Grahame (Male, born 1765, died 1811)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [Grahame]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 34 times in 18 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (18 borrowings), Volume 2] (15 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

James Grahame (Male, born 1765, died 1811)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [Grahame]
Language: English . Published: London | Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1807. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

James Grahame (Male, born 1765, died 1811)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [James Grahame]

Book Holding ID 69072

Robert Tannahill (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect [Tannahill]
Number of borrowings: 11
Volumes: Volume 1] (11 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Tannahill (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Poems and songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817.
Number of borrowings: 11


Book Work

Robert Tannahill (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Poems and Songs

Book Holding ID 68434

Michael Bruce (Male, born 1746, died 1767)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on Several Occasions [Bruce]
Number of borrowings: 10
Volumes: Volume 1] (10 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Michael Bruce (Male, born 1746, died 1767)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on Several Occasions [Bruce 1807]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1807.
Number of borrowings: 10


Book Work

Michael Bruce (Male, born 1746, died 1767)
Genre: Poetry
Poems on Several Occasions [Michael Bruce]

Book Holding ID 68482

William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Travel
Poems, by William Cowper
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 31 times in 18 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (14 borrowings), Volume 2] (11 borrowings), Volume 3] (5 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Likely

William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Travel
Poems, by William Cowper. In three volumes. Vol. III. Containing his posthumous poetry, and a sketch of his life.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Editors: John Johnson, LL. D., Rector of Yaxham.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 18 borrowing records


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William Cowper (Male, born 1731, died 1800)
Genre: Poetry, Genre: Travel
Poems, by William Cowper. In three volumes. Vol. III. Containing his posthumous poetry, and a sketch of his life.

Book Holding ID 68317

James Aikman (Male, born c.1779, died 1860)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly lyrical, partly in the Scottish dialect. [Aikman]
Number of borrowings: 5
Volumes: Volume 1] (5 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Aikman (Male, born c.1779, died 1860)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly lyrical, partly in the Scottish dialect [Aikman 1816]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1816.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

James Aikman (Male, born c.1779, died 1860)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, Chiefly Lyrical, Partly in the Scottish Dialect

Book Holding ID 69960

Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Political State of Scotland
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 69693

William Ellis (Male, born 1794, died 1872)
Genre: Travel
Polynesian researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands [Ellis]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 44 times in 38 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (24 borrowings), Volume 2] (20 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Ellis (Male, born 1794, died 1872)
Genre: Travel
Polynesian Researches, during a residence of nearly six years in the South Sea Islands, etc.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1829. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 39 borrowing records


Book Work

William Ellis (Male, born 1794, died 1872)
Genre: Travel
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands

Book Holding ID 69160

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 77 times in 28 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (1 borrowing), Volume 1] (26 borrowings), Volume 2] (25 borrowings), Volume 3] (25 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 77 times in 28 borrowing records


Book Work

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Book Holding ID 69774

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Theology
Presbyterian Review
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 42 times in 34 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (10 borrowings), Volume 2] (6 borrowings), Volume 3] (7 borrowings), Volume 4] (10 borrowings), Volume 5] (9 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Theology
The Presbyterian Review and Religious Journal.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1831-1848. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 21 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 38 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals, Genre: Theology
Presbyterian Review and Religious Journal

Book Holding ID 30639

Jane Austen (Female, born 1775-12-16, died 1817-7-18)
Genre: Fiction
Pride and Prejudice [Austen]
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 130 times in 45 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume unspecified] (4 borrowings), Volume 1] (42 borrowings), Volume 2] (42 borrowings), Volume 3] (42 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jane Austen (Female, born 1775-12-16, died 1817-7-18)
Genre: Fiction
Pride and prejudice: a novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 184 times in 64 borrowing records


Book Work

Jane Austen (Female, born 1775-12-16, died 1817-7-18)
Genre: Fiction
Pride and Prejudice: A Novel

Book Holding ID 69897

James Elphinston (Male, born 1721, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Propriety ascertained in her picture; or, Inglish speech and spelling rendered mutual guides. By James Elphinston
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Elphinston (Male, born 1721, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Propriety ascertained in her picture; or, Inglish speech and spelling rendered mutual guides.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 5 times in 3 borrowing records


Book Work

James Elphinston (Male, born 1721, died 1809)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Propriety Ascertained in Her Picture; or, Inglish Speech and Spelling Rendered Mutual Guides

Book Holding ID 69033

Konrad Pellikan (Male, born 1478, died 1556)
Genre: Theology
Psalterivm Davidis, Ad Hebraicam Veritatem interpretatum
Number of borrowings: 4
Volumes: Volume 1] (4 borrowings)

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Konrad Pellikan (Male, born 1478, died 1556)
Genre: Theology
Psalterivm Davidis, Ad Hebraicam Veritatem interpretatum
Language: Latin . Published: Zurich. Date of publication: 1532. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Konrad Pellikan (Male, born 1478, died 1556)
Genre: Theology
Psalterium Davidis