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Record ID 275051

Goldsmith's Roman History v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/10/20 (Thursday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Goldsmith's Roman History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Likely

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr. Goldsmith’s Roman history abridged by himself for the use of schools.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 258 times in 246 borrowing records


Book Work

Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774)
Genre: Education, Genre: History
Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Borrowed: 1825/10/20 (Thursday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Oliver Goldsmith (Male, born c.1730, died 1774), Genre: Education, Genre: History

Dr Goldsmith’s Roman History abridged by Himself for the Use of Schools

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275054

Moll's Ancient Maps

Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Moll's Ancient Maps

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Thirty two new and accurate maps of the geography of the ancients, as contained in the Greek and Latin classicks. ... By Herman Moll, ...
Language: Latin | English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1721. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 2


Book Work

Herman Moll (Male, died 1732)
Genre: Travel
Thirty Two New and Accurate Maps of the Geography of the Ancients

Record ID 275057

Popular Tales

Borrowed: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

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

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: 1825/12/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

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

Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Record ID 275060

Self Control v. 1, 2, 3

Borrowed: 1825/12/24 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self Control
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self-Control: a novel. [By Mary Brunton.] Fourth edition.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 136 times in 46 borrowing records


Book Work

Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Self-Control: A Novel

Borrowed: 1825/12/24 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818), Genre: Fiction

Self-Control: A Novel

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 275063

Popular Tales v. 1, 3

Borrowed: 1826/1/6 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

James Mellis
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 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: 1826/1/6 (Friday).

Borrower: James Mellis

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

Popular Tales [Maria Edgeworth]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Record ID 275066

Tatler

Borrowed: 1826/1/11 (Wednesday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Alexander Chalmers (Male, born 1759, died 1834), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Tatler

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Alexander Chalmers (Male, born 1759, died 1834), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
The Tatler : with prefaces historical and biographical
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1806. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Alexander Chalmers (Male, born 1759, died 1834), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729)
Genre: Periodicals
Tatler

Borrowed: 1826/1/11 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Joseph Addison (Male, born 1672, died 1719), Alexander Chalmers (Male, born 1759, died 1834), Sir Richard Steele (Male, born 1672, died 1729), Genre: Periodicals

Tatler

Record ID 275069

Francis Horace v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

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

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: 1826/1/18 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275072

Adventurer

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
The adventurer. In two volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1794. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Periodicals
Adventurer

Record ID 275075

Travels of Anacharsis v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (Male, born 1716, died 1795)
Genre: Fiction
Anarcharsis Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, 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: 1826/2/14 (Tuesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

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

Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275081

Hall's Loo Choo

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Hall's Loo-Choo

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Corea, and the island of Loo-Choo
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816

Record ID 275084

Hogg's Queen's Wake

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

James Hogg (Male, born 1770, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Hogg's Queen's Wake
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Hogg (Male, born 1770, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
The Queen's Wake ... Second edition.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1813. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 57


Book Work

James Hogg (Male, born 1770, died 1835)
Genre: Poetry
Queen's Wake

Borrowed: 1826/2/19 (Sunday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: James Hogg (Male, born 1770, died 1835), Genre: Poetry

Queen's Wake

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 275087

Voyages and Travels v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Genre: Travel
Voyages and Travels
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Genre: Travel

Voyages and Travels

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275090

Hall's Loo Choo

Borrowed: 1826/3/4 (Saturday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Hall's Loo-Choo

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Corea, and the island of Loo-Choo
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 32 borrowing records


Book Work

Captain Basil Hall (Male, born 1788, died 1844)
Genre: Travel
Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816

Record ID 275093

Kaimes Elements v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Kaimes Elements
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of criticism. The seventh edition. With the author’s last corrections and additions.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 14 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Elements of Criticism

Borrowed: 1826/3/15 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Belles Lettres

Elements of Criticism

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275096

Milton's Works v. 2

Borrowed: 1826/3/31 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Milton's Works
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Milton’s poetical works. ... . Containing paradise lost; a poem, in Twelve Books. With Prefatory Characters of the several Pieces; and the Life of Milton.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2v.
Number of borrowings: 5


Book Work

William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry
Poetical Works of John Milton. With a Life of the Author

Borrowed: 1826/3/31 (Friday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: William Hayley (Male, born 1745, died 1820), John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Lives, Genre: Poetry

Poetical Works of John Milton. With a Life of the Author

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 275099

Chesterfield's Letters v. 1, 2, 3, 4

Borrowed: 1826/4/26 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (Male, born 1694, died 1773)
Genre: Lives
Chesterfield's Letters to his Son
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 275102

Borrowed: 1826/5/24 (Wednesday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Genre: Poetry

Muse’s Mirrour: Being a Collection of Poems

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275105

Hooles Tasso v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Hoole's Tasso
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem delivered; an heroic poem: translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso, by John Hoole.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1787. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Hoole, John, 1727-1803
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 30 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595)
Genre: Poetry
Jerusalem Delivered

Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Torquato Tasso (Male, born 1544, died 1595), Genre: Poetry

Jerusalem Delivered

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275108

Belle Lettres

Borrowed: 1826/6/9 (Friday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Belle Lettres

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 114 times in 83 borrowing records


Book Work

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Borrowed: 1826/6/9 (Friday).

Borrower: James Mellis

Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres