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Record ID 233951

Voltaire's Peter

Borrowed: 1789/2/7 (Saturday).


Borrower

John Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Peter the Great

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The history of the Russian empire under Peter the Great. Newly translated from the French of M. de Voltaire. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 29


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of the Russian Empire under Peter the Great

Record ID 233957

Nature Displayed v. 2

Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

John Thomson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Nature Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 117 times in 115 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1789/3/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: John Thomson

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 233960

Buffon's Natural History v. 6

Borrowed: 1790/10/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Francis Balfour
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 233966

Knox's Voyages v. 1

Borrowed: 1795/12/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

George Gray
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Genre: Travel
A new collection of voyages, discoveries and travels: containing whatever is worthy of notice, in Europe, Asia, Africa and America: In Respect to The Situation and Extent of Empires, Kingdoms, and Provinces; their Climates, Soil, Produce, &c.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 381 times in 369 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Travel
New Collection of Voyages, Discoveries and Travels

Record ID 233969

Voyages v. 1

Borrowed: 1796/6/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1796/6/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 233972

Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1796/10/17 (Monday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1796/10/17 (Monday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 233975

Modern Europe v. 1

Borrowed: 1796/12/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records


Book Work

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe

Borrowed: 1796/12/17 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 233978

Modern Europe v. 2

Borrowed: 1796/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records


Book Work

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe

Borrowed: 1796/12/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 233981

Modern Europe v. 3

Borrowed: 1797/1/24 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records


Book Work

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe

Borrowed: 1797/1/24 (Tuesday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 233984

Modern Europe v. 4

Borrowed: 1797/2/24 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records


Book Work

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe

Borrowed: 1797/2/24 (Friday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 233987

Modern Europe v. 5

Borrowed: 1797/4/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
Modern Europe
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of modern Europe : with an account of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, and a view of the progress of society from the rise of the modern kingdoms to the Peace of Paris in 1763 ; in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786-1810. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 165 times in 149 borrowing records


Book Work

William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of Modern Europe

Borrowed: 1797/4/28 (Friday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: William Russell (Male, born 1741, died 1793), Genre: History

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 233993

Cyrus's Travels

Borrowed: 1797/6/10 (Saturday).


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Cyrus' Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
The travels of Cyrus. In two volumes. To which is annex’d, A discourse upon the theology and mythology of the ancients. By the Chevalier Ramsay. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1727-1728. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 10


Book Work

Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Cyrus

Borrowed: 1797/6/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Author: Chevalier Andrew Michael Ramsay (Male, born 1686, died 1743), Genre: Fiction

Travels of Cyrus

Record ID 233996

Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1797/6/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1797/6/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 233999

Hook's Roman History v. 1

Borrowed: 1797/7/8 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

H Drummond
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 1

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: 1797/7/8 (Saturday).

Borrower: H Drummond

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 1

Record ID 234005

Robertson's Hist Scotland v. 2

Borrowed: 1797/3/22 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Fletcher
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: 1797/3/22 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Fletcher

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 234011

De Tott v. 2

Borrowed: 1806/1/4 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Baron de Tott's Memoirs
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the state of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the late war with Russia.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1785. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 131 times in 103 borrowing records


Book Work

Baron François Tott (Male, born 1733, died 1793)
Genre: Travel
Memoirs of Baron de Tott. Containing the State of the Turkish Empire and the Crimea, during the Late War with Russia

Record ID 234020

Robertson's America v. 1

Borrowed: 1806/4/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Stewart
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 America
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
The history of America. By William Robertson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1780. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 207 times in 188 borrowing records


Book Work

William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793)
Genre: History
History of America [William Robertson]

Borrowed: 1806/4/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Stewart

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

History of America [William Robertson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 234023

Rollin v. 1

Borrowed: 1806/4/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1806/4/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Stewart

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History

Rollin

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 234026

Hume's History 5v

Borrowed: 1806/10/25 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England (original title)
Hume's History (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
The history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the revolution in 1688. In eight volumes. By David Hume, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1763. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1009 times in 824 borrowing records


Book Work

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
History of England [David Hume]

Borrowed: 1806/10/25 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Stewart

Author: David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776), Genre: History

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 234029

Townsend's Travels 3v

Borrowed: 1806/11/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816)
Genre: Travel
Townsend's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Borrowed: 1806/11/22 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Stewart

Author: Joseph Townsend (Male, born 1739, died 1816), Genre: Travel

Journey through Spain in the Years 1786 and 1787

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3