Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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SL137146, page 243

Record ID 271730

Charles the Twelth

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
Charles the Twelth

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

Record ID 271736

Robertson's America v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Thomas Alexander
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, Volume 2

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: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

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

History of America [William Robertson]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 271739

Chapman's Iliad

Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Chapman's Iliad

Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Iliad

Record ID 271742

Park's Travels v. 1

Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Park's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 221 times in 217 borrowing records


Book Work

Mungo Park (Male, born 1771, died 1806)
Genre: Travel
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, Performed in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797

Record ID 271745

Round Table v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Round Table
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The Round Table. A collection of Essays.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Round Table: A Collection of Essays

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: William Hazlitt (Male, born 1778, died 1830), Leigh Hunt (Male, born 1784, died 1859), Genre: Belles Lettres

Round Table: A Collection of Essays

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 271748

Crabbe's Tales v. 1

Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Crabbe's Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Tales of the hall.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 40 borrowing records


Book Work

George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832)
Genre: Poetry
Tales of the Hall

Borrowed: 1826/1/22 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: George Crabbe (Male, born 1754, died 1832), Genre: Poetry

Tales of the Hall

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 271751

Curiosities of G. Britain v. 5, 6

Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities of Great Britain
Volumes borrowed: Volume 5, Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
The curiosities, natural and artificial, of the island of Great Britain.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1775. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 60 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Natural Philosophy, Genre: Travel
Curiosities, Natural and Artificial, of the Island of Great Britain

Record ID 271754

Popular Tales v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular tales ... Third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1807. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 284 times in 179 borrowing records


Book Work

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction

Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 271757

Dryden's Virgil v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil, translated by John Dryden, Esq; ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1773. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 50 times in 44 borrowing records


Book Work

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Virgil

Borrowed: 1826/3/19 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21), Genre: Poetry

Works of Virgil

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 271760

[unclear] Works

Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

[unclear] Works

Record ID 271763

Southey's Life of Nelson

Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Southey's Life of Nelson

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
The life of Nelson.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843)
Genre: Lives
Life of Nelson

Borrowed: 1826/4/15 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: Robert Southey (Male, born 1774, died 1843), Genre: Lives

Life of Nelson

Record ID 271766

[unclear] v. 9. 10

Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

[unclear]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10

Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

[unclear]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 9, Volume 10

Record ID 271769

Golovnin's Japan v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Golovnin's Japan
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Narrative of my captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 & 1813 ... to which is added an account of voyages to the coasts of Japan, and the negociations with the Japanese, for the release of the author and his companions
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1818. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 46 times in 25 borrowing records


Book Work

Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831)
Genre: Travel
Narrative of my Captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 and 1813

Record ID 271772

Harrington and Ormond v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/6/17 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington and Ormond
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington, a tale, and Ormond, a tale. With a preface by R. L. Edgeworth.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1817. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 240 times in 98 borrowing records


Book Work

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Harrington, A Tale, and Ormond, A Tale

Borrowed: 1826/6/17 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Thomas Alexander

Author: Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849), Genre: Fiction

Harrington, A Tale, and Ormond, A Tale

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3