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Record ID 394848

Irving's Lives

Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr John Flett
Gender: Male.


Book HoldingLibrary record

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]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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 7 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

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 John Flett

Author: David Irving (Male, born 1778, died 1860), Genre: Lives

Lives of the Scotish Poets

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 394851

Park's Travels

Borrowed: 1817/9/6 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr John Flett
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

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 9 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

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 John 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

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Dr Robert Groat
Gender: Male. Address: Newhall.


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Tobias George Smollett (Male, born 1721, died 1771)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Lives
The miscellaneous works : With memoirs of his life and writings. 1. The life of Smollett, and the adventures of Roderick Random. [Smollett Works, 1811]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo.
Editors: This is the first volume. WorldCat lists all volumes separately.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/21 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mrs Omond
Gender: Female. Address: Kirkwall.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Select works of Henry Fielding
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

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 19 times in 11 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/11/12 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Andrew Anderson
Gender: Male. Address: Birsay.


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

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 45 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.


Book Holding

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Poetry
Wat Tyler, a Dramatic Poem
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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: 5


Book Work

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

Wat Tyler, a Dramatic Poem

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 394866

Gulliver's Travels

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Mr Gordon
Gender: Male.
1817 borrowing record: 'stranger per Mr Dunn'

Reverend Mr John Dunn
Gender: Male. Borrower type: Other. Address: Kirkwall.


Book Holding

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Fiction
Gulliver's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

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 4 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Fiction
Gulliver's Travels

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Mr Gordon , Reverend Mr John Dunn

Author: Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745), Genre: Fiction

Gulliver's Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 394869

Borrowed: 1817/9/10 (Wednesday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).

Borrowers: Mr Gordon , Reverend Mr John Dunn

Genre: Lives

Lives of the Most Eminent British Naval Heroes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 394872

White Cottage

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/24 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr Robert Watt
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

Arthur Mower (Male)
Genre: Fiction
The White Cottage, A Tale [Arthur Mower]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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: 30


Book Work

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

White Cottage. A Tale

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 394875

Beattie's Essay on Truth

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrowers

Revd Mr Calman
Gender: Male.
1817: 'stranger per Mrs Thuring'

Mrs Thuring
Gender: Female. Borrower type: Other.


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

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: 5


Book Work

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: Revd Mr Calman , Mrs 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

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/20 (Saturday).


Borrower

Mrs Thuring
Gender: Female.


Book Holding

Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817)
Genre: Fiction
Delphine
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

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 54 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

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 Thuring

Author: Madame Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël (Female, born 1766, died 1817), Genre: Fiction

Delphine

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 394881

Reid on the Mind

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/10/22 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Alternative spelling: Cowen


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

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: 2


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday).


Borrower

Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Alternative spelling: Cowen


Book Holding

Claudius Buchanan (Male, born 1766, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Christian Researches in Asia [Buchanan]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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: 5


Book Work

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

Record ID 394887

Life of Hume

Borrowed: 1817/9/13 (Saturday). Returned: 1817/9/17 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Captain Malcolm Cowan
Gender: Male.
Alternative spelling: Cowen


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Lives
The life of David Hume, Esq
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

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: 5


Book Work

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

Life of David Hume

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1