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Record ID 394848
Irving's Lives Vol 1st
Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Mr J. Flett
Gender: Male.
David Irving (Male, born 1778, died 1860)
Genre: Lives
The Lives of the Scottish Poets; with preliminary dissertations on the literary history of Scotland and the early Scotish drama. [Irving]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
David Irving (Male, born 1778, died 1860)
Genre: Lives
The Lives of the Scotish Poets; with preliminary dissertations on the literary history of Scotland and the early Scotish drama. [Irving] (1810)
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1810.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 7 borrowing records
David Irving (Male, born 1778, died 1860)
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Scotish Poets
Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr J. Flett
Author: David Irving (Male, born 1778, died 1860), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394851
Park's Travels 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Mr J. Flett
Gender: Male.
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. [Park]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. [1817]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 67 borrowing records
Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr J. Flett
Author: Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806), Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394854
Smollet's Works 2&3dVols
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Dr Robert Groat
Gender: Male. Address: Newhall, Deerness.
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works: With memoirs of his life and writings [Smollett]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. : with memoirs of his life and writings
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 158 times in 113 borrowing records
Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Dr Robert Groat
Author: Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394857
Fielding's Works Vol 4th
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/21 (Sunday).
Mrs Omond
Gender: Female. Address: Kirkwall.
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Confidence level: Very likely
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 114 times in 66 borrowing records
Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/21 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mrs Omond
Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4
Record ID 394860
Gibbon's Empire 12th Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/11/12 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Andrew Anderson
Gender: Male. Address: Birsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Confidence level: Certain
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Gibbon, 1813]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 174 times in 112 borrowing records
Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794)
Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/11/12 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr Andrew Anderson
Author: Edward Gibbon (Male, born 1737, died 1794), Genre: History
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12
Record ID 394863
Wat Tyler 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Poetry
Wat Tyler, a Dramatic Poem
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Poetry
Wat Tyler, a Dramatic Poem [Southey, 1817]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 11
Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Poetry
Wat Tyler, a Dramatic Poem
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Reverend Mr John Dunn
Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Poetry
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394866
Gulliver's Travels 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Mr George Gordon
Gender: Male.
1817 borrowing record: 'stranger per Mr Dunn'
Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Fiction
Gulliver's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Speculative
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Fiction
The travels of Lemuel Gulliver, into several remote nations of the world. Who was first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1793. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 12 borrowing records
ESTC: T176319
Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Fiction
Gulliver's Travels
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr George Gordon , Reverend Mr John Dunn
Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 394869
Naval Lives 1 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Mr George Gordon
Gender: Male.
1817 borrowing record: 'stranger per Mr Dunn'
Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Church of Scotland.
Genre: Lives
Lives of the most eminent British naval heroes; comprehending details of their achievements, in various quarters of the globe, forming a complete naval history, from the reign of Henry VII. to the present time
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Lives
Lives of the most eminent British naval heroes; comprehending details of their achievements, in various quarters of the globe, forming a complete naval history, from the reign of Henry VII. to the present time
Language: English . Published: Leith. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 14
Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Mr George Gordon , Reverend Mr John Dunn
Genre: Lives
Lives of the Most Eminent British Naval Heroes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394872
White Cottage 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Mr Robert Watt
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Politics/Office Holders > Surveyor.
Arthur Mower (Male)
Genre: Fiction
The White Cottage, A Tale [Arthur Mower]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Arthur Mower (Male)
Genre: Fiction
The White Cottage, A Tale [Arthur Mower, 1817]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 66
Arthur Mower (Male)
Genre: Fiction
White Cottage. A Tale
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Mr Robert Watt
Author: Arthur Mower (Male), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394875
Beattie's Essay on Truth 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Reverend Mr Calman
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.
1817: 'stranger per Mrs Thuring'
Mrs Isabella Thuring
Gender: Female. Borrower type: Other. Address: King Street, Kirkwall.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism. [Beattie]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism. [Beattie 1812]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 12
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrowers: Reverend Mr Calman , Mrs Isabella Thuring
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394878
Delphine 63 Vols
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Mrs Isabella Thuring
Gender: Female. Address: King Street, Kirkwall.
Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817)
Genre: Fiction
Delphine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Likely
Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817)
Genre: Fiction
Delphine
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 24 borrowing records
Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817)
Genre: Fiction
Delphine
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).
Borrower: Mrs Isabella Thuring
Author: Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817), Genre: Fiction
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 394881
Reid on the Mind 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/10/22 (Wednesday).
Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Military > Navy.
Alternative spelling: Cowen
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense [Reid]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1804.
Number of borrowings: 13
Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/10/22 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Captain Malcolm Cowan
Author: Thomas Reid (Male, born 1710, died 1796), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Inquiry into the Human Mind, on the Principles of Common Sense
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394884
BuchannanCh. Researches 1 Vol
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday).
Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Military > Navy.
Alternative spelling: Cowen
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia [Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Very likely
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia [Buchanan 1812]
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 15
Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia; with Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday).
Borrower: Captain Malcolm Cowan
Author: Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 394887
Life of Hume 1Vo
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Military > Navy.
Alternative spelling: Cowen
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Lives
The life of David Hume, Esq
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Speculative
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Lives
The life of David Hume, Esq. Written by himself.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8
ESTC: T5349
David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Lives
Life of David Hume
Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).
Borrower: Captain Malcolm Cowan
Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1