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Record ID 238985

Annual Register v. 2

Borrowed: 1791/10/15 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The annual register, or a view of the history, politics, and literature, for the year 1779.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 47 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Annual Register, or A View of the History, Politics, and Literature

Record ID 238988

Buffon v. 7

Borrowed: 1791/10/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
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 7

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 238991

Knox's Voyages v. 7

Borrowed: 1791/11/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Knox's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

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 238994

Hooke's Roman History v. 1

Borrowed: 1791/12/10 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
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: 1791/12/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

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 238997

Ferguson's Roman History v. 2

Borrowed: 1791/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
Ferguson's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
The history of the progress and termination of the Roman republic.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 201 times in 126 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816)
Genre: History
History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic

Borrowed: 1791/12/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Author: Adam Ferguson (Male, born 1723, died 1816), Genre: History

History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 239000

Rolin's Roman History v. 6

Borrowed: 1792/1/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
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 6

Record ID 239006

Plutarch v. 1

Borrowed: 1792/2/4 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
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 1

Borrowed: 1792/2/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 239009

Plutarch v. 4

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


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
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 4

Borrowed: 1792/3/2 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 239012

Savary's Egypt v. 1

Borrowed: 1792/3/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788)
Genre: Travel
Savary's Egypt
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1792/3/17 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Author: Claude Étienne Savary (Male, born 1750, died 1788), Genre: Travel

Letters on Egypt [Claude Étienne Savary]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 239015

Universal History v. 3

Borrowed: 1792/3/31 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
Universal History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

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 239018

History of the World v. 2

Borrowed: 1792/4/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1792/4/21 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 239021

History of the World v. 3

Borrowed: 1792/5/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1792/5/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 239024

History of the World v. 4

Borrowed: 1792/5/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Borrowed: 1792/5/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 239027

History of the World v. 5

Borrowed: 1792/7/7 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Borrowed: 1792/7/7 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 239030

History of the World v. 6

Borrowed: 1792/7/21 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duncan
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Borrowed: 1792/7/21 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duncan

Genre: History

History of the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 239033

Modern Europe v. 1

Borrowed: 1796/11/19 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
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: 1796/11/19 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

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

History of Modern Europe

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 239036

Voyages v. 5

Borrowed: 1796/12/19 (Monday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Borrowed: 1796/12/19 (Monday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 239039

Voyages v. 7

Borrowed: 1797/1/19 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Borrowed: 1797/1/19 (Thursday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

Genre: Travel

Voyages

Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Record ID 239042

Plutarch v. 8

Borrowed: 1797/12/16 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
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 8

Borrowed: 1797/12/16 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Record ID 239045

Plutarch v. 5

Borrowed: 1798/1/20 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
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 5

Borrowed: 1798/1/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5

Record ID 239048

Plutarch v. 4

Borrowed: 1798/3/10 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Alexander Duff
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 4

Borrowed: 1798/3/10 (Saturday).

Borrower: Alexander Duff

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

Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4