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SL137146, page 270

Record ID 272441

Arnot's Edinburgh

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
Arnot's Edinburgh

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh. By Hugo Arnot, Esq; Advocate.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 143


Book Work

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History

History of Edinburgh

Record ID 272444

Buffon's Natural History v. 3, 4

Borrowed: 1825/10/13 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Beverton
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 3, Volume 4

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 272447

Odyssey v. 1, 2

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


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Homer (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Odyssey
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, 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: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Homer (Male), Genre: Poetry

Odyssey

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272450

Park's Travels

Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

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

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 272453

Cririe's Scottish Scenery

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Cririe's Scottish Scenery

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish scenery : or, Sketches in verse, descriptive of scenes chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 22


Book Work

James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Scottish Scenery : or, Sketches in Verse

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: James Cririe (Male, born 1752, died 1835), Genre: Poetry

Scottish Scenery : or, Sketches in Verse

Record ID 272456

Bruce's Travels v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/12 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Bruce's Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773. [1813]
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 286 times in 169 borrowing records


Book Work

James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce]

Borrowed: 1826/1/12 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794), Genre: Travel

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile [James Bruce]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272459

Penrose's Journal v. 3, 4

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


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Williams Pantycelyn (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Fiction
Penrose's Journal
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Williams Pantycelyn (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Fiction
The journal of Llewellin Penrose, a seaman
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 53 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

William Williams Pantycelyn (Male, born 1717, died 1791)
Genre: Fiction
Journal of Llewellin Penrose, a Seaman

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: William Williams Pantycelyn (Male, born 1717, died 1791), Genre: Fiction

Journal of Llewellin Penrose, a Seaman

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 272462

Franklin's Works

Borrowed: 1826/3/30 (Thursday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Franklin's Works

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin : consisting of his Life: together with Essays, humorous, moral, and literary
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 19 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin

Record ID 272465

Francis Horace v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Poetry
Francis Horace
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Poetry
A poetical translation of the works of Horace: with the original text, and notes collected from the best Latin and French commentators on that author. By the Revd Mr. Philip Francis, ... In four volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1747. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Revd. Mr Philip Francis
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 22 times in 17 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1826/4/13 (Thursday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 272468

Smith's Moral Sentiments v. 1, 2

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


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiment
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The theory of moral sentiments; or, an essay towards an analysis of the principles by which men naturally judge concerning the conduct and character, first of their neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is Added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Theory of Moral Sentiments

Borrowed: 1826/4/16 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Adam Smith (Male, born 1723, died 1790), Genre: Philosophy and Morality

Theory of Moral Sentiments

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272471

Chalmer's Discourses

Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Thomas Chalmers (Male, born 1780, died 1847)
Genre: Theology
Chalmer's Discourses

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Thomas Chalmers (Male, born 1780, died 1847)
Genre: Theology
On the power, wisdom and goodness of God : as manifested in the adaptation of external nature to the moral and intellectual constitution of man
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1834. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

Thomas Chalmers (Male, born 1780, died 1847)
Genre: Theology
Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God

Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Thomas Chalmers (Male, born 1780, died 1847), Genre: Theology

Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God

Record ID 272477

Sharp on Gr. Language

Borrowed: 1826/5/28 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
Sharp on Gr. Language

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
The origin and structure of the Greek tongue. In a series of letters addressed to a young nobleman.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


Book Work

Gregory Sharpe (Male, born 1713, died 1771)
Genre: Education
Origin and Structure of the Greek Tongue

Record ID 272480

Golvnin v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Beverton
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

Borrowed: 1826/6/7 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Vasiliĭ Mikhaĭlovich Golovnin (Male, born 1776, died 1831), Genre: Travel

Narrative of my Captivity in Japan during the years 1811, 1812 and 1813

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272483

Peter the Great

Borrowed: 1826/6/11 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Voltaire (Male, born 1694, died 1778)
Genre: History
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 272486

William's Letters v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
William's Letters
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
Letters from France: containing many new anecdotes relative to the French revolution, and the present state of French manners. By Helen Maria Williams. Vol. II. The third edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 4 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827)
Genre: Travel
Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Helen Maria Williams (Female, born 1762, died 1827), Genre: Travel

Letters Written in France, in the Summer 1790, to a Friend in England

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 272489

Kerr's Voyages v. 8, 9

Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
Kerr's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
A general history and collection of voyages and travels, arranged in systematic order: forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1811. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 18v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 116 times in 63 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813)
Genre: Travel
General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]

Borrowed: 1826/7/9 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Beverton

Author: Robert Kerr (Male, born 1755, died 1813), Genre: Travel

General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels [Kerr]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 8, Volume 9