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SL137144, page 245

Record ID 244787

Mavor's Travels v. 6

Borrowed: 1805/4/21 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Mavor's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period. By William Mavor, LL.D. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796-1797. Format: 18mo. Pagination: 20 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1042 times in 955 borrowing records


Book Work

William Fordyce Mavor (Male, born 1758, died 1837)
Genre: Travel
Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries [William Fordyce Mavor]

Record ID 244790

Buffon's Natural History v. 1

Borrowed: 1805/5/12 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Robertson
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 1

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 244793

History of Greece

Borrowed: 1805/5.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: History
History of Greece

Record ID 244796

Johnston's Travels v. 1

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

A Spottiswoode
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Johnston's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: A Spottiswoode

Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 244799

Pope's Odyssey v. 2

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

A Spottiswoode
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

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

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
The odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1725-1726. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 84 borrowing records


Book Work

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey

Borrowed: 1800/10/18 (Saturday).

Borrower: A Spottiswoode

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 244802

Milton v. 2

Borrowed: 1800/12/27 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

A Spottiswoode
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Milton
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton. With a critic upon the poem, by Mr Addison; and, a preface, in which are inserted characters of the several poems wrote by Milton.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 12 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost

Borrowed: 1800/12/27 (Saturday).

Borrower: A Spottiswoode

Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Poetry

Paradise Lost

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 244805

Addison's Travels

Borrowed: 1801/2/21 (Saturday).


Borrower

A Spottiswoode
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Addison's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Remarks on several parts of Italy, &c. in the years 1701, 1702, 1703.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1705. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 16


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719)
Genre: Travel
Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703.

Borrowed: 1801/2/21 (Saturday).

Borrower: A Spottiswoode

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Genre: Travel

Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703.

Volumes borrowed: Volume 9

Record ID 244808

Nature Displayed v. 1

Borrowed: 1801/11/14 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James McConnochae
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 1

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: 1801/11/14 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

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 1

Record ID 244811

Anacharsis travels v. 2

Borrowed: 1801/12/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Anacharsis Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, during the middle of the fourth century before the Christian æra.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790-1791. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 370 times in 193 borrowing records


Book Work

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece

Borrowed: 1801/12/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795), Genre: Fiction

Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 244814

Cook's Voyage v. 1

Borrowed: 1802/2/6 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
Cook's Voyage
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)
[Voyages]
Language: English .
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 43 times in 33 borrowing records

Borrowed: 1802/2/6 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: James Cook (Male, born 1728, died 1779)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 244820

Hawkesworth v. 1

Borrowed: 1802/3/6 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

John Hawkesworth (Male, born c.1715, died 1773)
Genre: Travel
Hawkesworth
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 244823

Faerie Queen

Borrowed: 1802/3/20 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queen

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
The faerie queene. By Edmund Spenser. With an exact collation of the two original editions, Published by Himself at London in Quarto; the Former containing the first Three Books printed in 1590, and the Latter the Six Books in 1596. To which are now added, a new life of the author, and also a glossary.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 4to. Pagination: 3v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599)
Genre: Poetry
Faerie Queene

Borrowed: 1802/3/20 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: Edmund Spenser (Male, born c.1552, died 1599), Genre: Poetry

Faerie Queene

Record ID 244826

Goldsmith's Natural History v. 4

Borrowed: 1802/5/29 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Goldsmith's Natural History
Shelfmark: 530.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
An history of the earth, and animated nature: by Oliver Goldsmith. In eight volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1774. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 722 times in 470 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Borrowed: 1802/5/29 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

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

History of the Earth, and Animated Nature

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Record ID 244829

Pausanias v. 2

Borrowed: 1802/6/12 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
Pausanias
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1802/6/12 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: Pausanias (Male), Genre: Travel

Graeciae Descriptio Accurata

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 244832

Pausanias v. 3

Borrowed: 1802/6/26 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Pausanias (Male)
Genre: Travel
Pausanias
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Borrowed: 1802/6/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: Pausanias (Male), Genre: Travel

Graeciae Descriptio Accurata

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 244835

Hume's England v. 2

Borrowed: 1802/11/13 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: History
Hume's History of England
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very 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: 1802/11/13 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

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

History of England [David Hume]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 244838

Buffon v. 7

Borrowed: 1802/11/27 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James McConnochae
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 244841

Buffon v. 1

Borrowed: 1802/12/11 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James McConnochae
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 1

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 244847

Boswell's Travels

Borrowed: 1803/1/22 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Travel
Boswell's Travels

Borrowed: 1803/1/22 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Travel

Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

Record ID 244850

British Plutarch v. 5 & 6

Borrowed: 1803/2/5 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810)
Genre: Lives
British Plutarch
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Borrowed: 1803/2/5 (Saturday).

Borrower: James McConnochae

Author: Thomas Mortimer (Male, born 1730, died 1810), Genre: Lives

British Plutarch

Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6