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SL137141, page 91

Record ID 221189

Revolutions of Portugal

Borrowed: 1772/4/24 (Friday).


Borrower

James Lennox
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Vertot's Revolutions of Portugal

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
The revolutions of Portugal. Written in French by the Abbot de Vertot, Of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions. Done into English from the last French edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 17


Book Work

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
History of the Revolutions in Portugal

Record ID 221192

Revolutions of Sweden

Borrowed: 1772/5/9 (Saturday).


Borrower

James Lennox
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Abbé René Aubert de Vertot (Male, born 1655, died 1735)
Genre: History
Vertot's Revolutions of Sweden

Record ID 221195

Robertson's Hist of Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1772/5. Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Lennox
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1772/5.

Borrower: James Lennox

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221198

Robertson's History of Scotland v. 2

Borrowed: 1772/6/6 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Lennox
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
Robertson's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1772/6/6 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Lennox

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Scotland During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 221201

Plutarch's Lives v. 3

Borrowed: 1772/7/6 (Monday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Lennox
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1772/7/6 (Monday).

Borrower: James Lennox

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 221207

Collection Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1776/10/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Genre: Travel
A Collection of voyages and travels, consisting of authentic writers in our own tongue, which have not before been collected in English, or have only been abridged in other collections. And continued with others of note, that have published histories, voyages, travels, journals or discoveries in other nations and languages. Relating to any part of the continent of Asia, Africa, America, Europe, or the islands thereof, from the earliest account to the present time. Digested according to the parts of the world, to which they particularly relate: with historical introductions to each account, where thought necessary, containing either the lives of their authors, or what else could be discovered and was supposed capable of entertaining and informing the curious reader. And with great variety of cuts, prospects, ruins, maps, and charts. Compiled from the curious and valuable library of the late Earl of Oxford. Interspersed and illustrated with notes. Containing, either a general account of the discovery of those countries, or an abstract of their histories, government, trade, religion, &c. Collected from original papers, letters, charters, letters patents, acts of Parliament, &c. Not to be met with, and proper to explain many obscure passages in other collections of this kind.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 263 times in 244 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
Collection of Voyages and Travels

Borrowed: 1776/10/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

Genre: Travel

Collection of Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 221210

Plutarch's Lives v. 1

Borrowed: 1776/11/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch's Lives
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, translated from the original Greek, with notes critical and historical, and a new life of Plutarch.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Langhorne, John; Langhorne, William
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 333 times in 303 borrowing records


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1776/11/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

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

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221213

Hook's Roman History v. 2

Borrowed: 1776/11/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Hook's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
The Roman history, from the building of Rome to the ruin of the Commonwealth. Illustrated with maps and other plates. Vol. IV. By N. Hooke, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 316 times in 291 borrowing records


Book Work

Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763)
Genre: History
Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Borrowed: 1776/11/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

Author: Nathaniel Hooke (Male, born c.1690, died 1763), Genre: History

Roman History, from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 221216

Rollin's Roman Histroy v. 2

Borrowed: 1776/12/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 221219

Universal Hist v. 12

Borrowed: 1776/12/28 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 12

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: History
An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. Compiled from Original Authors; and Illustrated with Maps, Cuts, Notes, &c. With a general Index to the Whole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747-1754. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1453 times in 850 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time to the Present

Record ID 221222

Guthrie's Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1777/1/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
Guthrie's Scotland
Shelfmark: 440. Format: 8vo.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
A General History of Scotland, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. By William Guthrie, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767-1768. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 10 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 514 times in 304 borrowing records


Book Work

William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: History
General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]

Borrowed: 1777/1/11 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: History

General History of Scotland [William Guthrie]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221228

Sully's Memoirs v. 1

Borrowed: 1777/2/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Pierre Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (Male, born 1716, died c.1783)
Genre: Lives
Sully's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1777/2/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

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 221231

Critical Reflections v. 1

Borrowed: 1777/3/1 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical Reflections
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical reflections on poetry, painting and music. With an inquiry into the rise and progress of the theatrical entertainments of the ancients.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1748. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Critical Reflections on Poetry, Painting and Music

Borrowed: 1777/3/1 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

Author: Abbé Jean-Baptiste Dubos (Male, born 1670, died 1742), Genre: Belles Lettres

Critical Reflections on Poetry, Painting and Music

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 221234

Goldsmith's Hist

Borrowed: 1777/3/22 (Saturday).


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: History
Goldsmith's History

Borrowed: 1777/3/22 (Saturday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: History

Goldsmith's History