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SL137144, page 113

Record ID 237608

Knox's Voyages v. 4

Borrowed: 1789/12/17 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

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 237611

Swift's Works v. 4

Borrowed: 1790/1/7 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Robert Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Swift's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick’s, Dublin.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 54 times in 39 borrowing records


Book Work

Jonathan Swift (Male, born 1667, died 1745)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Works of Jonathan Swift

Borrowed: 1790/1/7 (Thursday).

Borrower: Robert Davidson

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

Works of Jonathan Swift

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 237617

Voltaire's Charles 12th

Borrowed: 1790/5/29 (Saturday).


Borrower

Robert Davidson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Voltaire's Charles 12th

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
The history of Charles XII. King of Sweden. By Mr. De Voltaire. Translated from the French. Carefully corrected.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 51


Book Work

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
History of Charles XII, King of Sweden

Borrowed: 1790/5/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: Robert Davidson

Author: Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778), Genre: History

History of Charles XII, King of Sweden

Record ID 237629

Buffon's Natural History v. 8

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


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
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 8

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 237632

Pope's Homer's Iliad v. 2

Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Pope's Homer's Iliad
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The Iliad of Homer. Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq;
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1743. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Pope, Alexander
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 63 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Iliad

Borrowed: 1790/10/30 (Saturday).

Borrower: Archibald McDowan

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 237635

Robertson's Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1790/11/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
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: 1790/11/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: Archibald McDowan

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 237638

Robertson's Scotland.v 3

Borrowed: 1790/12/10 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
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 3

Borrowed: 1790/12/10 (Friday).

Borrower: Archibald McDowan

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 3

Record ID 237644

Bells' Travels v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/1/22 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Bell's Travels
Shelfmark: 724. Format: 8vo.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to various parts of Asia.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 120 borrowing records


Book Work

John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780)
Genre: Travel
Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

Borrowed: 1791/1/22 (Saturday).

Borrower: Archibald McDowan

Author: John Bell (Male, born 1691, died 1780), Genre: Travel

Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 237650

Knox's Voyages v. 3

Borrowed: 1791/3/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

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 237653

Stuart's History of Scotland v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/6/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
Stuart's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary. By Gilbert Stuart, ... A new edition. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary

Record ID 237656

Stuart's History of Scotland v. 2

Borrowed: 1791/7/9 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
Stuart's History of Scotland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Scotland, from the establishment of the Reformation, till the death of Queen Mary. By Gilbert Stuart, ... A new edition. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1782. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 21 borrowing records


Book Work

Gilbert Stuart (Male, born 1742, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Establishment of the Reformation, till the Death of Queen Mary

Record ID 237659

Tooke's Pantheon

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday).


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

François Pomey (Male, born 1618, died 1673)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: History
Took's Pantheon
Shelfmark: 599. Format: 8vo & Infra.

Record ID 237662

Plutarch v. 7

Borrowed: 1792/3/2 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Archibald McDowan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Borrowed: 1792/3/2 (Friday).

Borrower: Archibald McDowan

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7