Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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SL137146, page 387

Record ID 275339

Fool of Quality v. 1

Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
The fool of quality; or, the history of Henry Earl of Moreland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1777. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 103 times in 26 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783)
Genre: Fiction
Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: Henry Brooke (Male, born c.1703, died 1783), Genre: Fiction

Fool of Quality, or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 275342

Monthly Review v. 60

Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 60

Record ID 275345

Monthly Review v. 41

Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 41

Record ID 275348

Monthly Review v. 42

Borrowed: 1825/10/28 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Monthly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 42

Record ID 275351

Hearne's Journey

Borrowed: 1825/10/11 (Tuesday).


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Hearne's Journey

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
A journey from Prince of Wales’s fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the northern ocean. Undertaken by order of the Hudson’s Bay Company, for the discovery of copper mines, a north west passage, &c. in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1795. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 24 times in 23 borrowing records


Book Work

Samuel Hearne (Male, born 1745, died 1792)
Genre: Travel
Journey from Prince of Wales’s Fort in Hudson’s Bay, to the Northern Ocean

Record ID 275354

Henderson's Iceland v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/11/25 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Ebenezer Henderson (Male, born 1784, died 1858)
Genre: Travel
Henderson's Iceland
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Ebenezer Henderson (Male, born 1784, died 1858)
Genre: Travel
Iceland; or the journal of a residence in that Island during the years 1814 and 1815, ... With an introduction and appendix, ... a map and engravings.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1818. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 39 times in 22 borrowing records


Book Work

Ebenezer Henderson (Male, born 1784, died 1858)
Genre: Travel
Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island during the years 1814 and 1815

Record ID 275357

Canterbury Tales v. 1, 2, 3, 4

Borrowed: 1825/12. Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
The Canterbury tales of Chaucer.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775-1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Tyrwhitt, Thomas
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 71 times in 24 borrowing records


Book Work

Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400)
Genre: Poetry
Canterbury Tales

Borrowed: 1825/12.

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer (Male, died 1400), Genre: Poetry

Canterbury Tales

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2 3, Volume 4

Record ID 275360

Hall's Travels

Borrowed: 1826/1/4 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Hall's Travels

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in France, in 1818.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 19


Book Work

Colonel Francis Hall (Male)
Genre: Travel
Travels in France, in 1818

Record ID 275363

Crawford's Poems

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Crawford's Poems

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, on various subjects. By David Crawford.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 3


Book Work

David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [David Crauford]

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: David Craufurd (Male, born 1665, died 1726), Genre: Poetry

Poems [David Crauford]

Record ID 275366

Hogg's Queen's Wake

Borrowed: 1826/1/20 (Friday).


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
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: 1826/1/20 (Friday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

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

Queen's Wake

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 275369

Record ID 275372

Evelina v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/3. Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina : or, the history of a young lady's entrance into the world / by the author of Cecilia and Camilla ; in two volumes
Language: English . Published: Cupar-Fife. Date of publication: 1804.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 59 borrowing records


Book Work

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

Borrowed: 1826/3.

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840), Genre: Fiction

Evelina, or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 275375

Chalmer's Caledonia v. 1

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


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

George Chalmers (Male, born 1742, died 1825)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Chalmer's Caledonia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 275378

Encyclopedia v. 1

Borrowed: 1826/3/29 (Wednesday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Record ID 275381

Encyclopedia v. 16

Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 16

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Borrowed: 1826/4/30 (Sunday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Genre: Reference Works

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 16

Record ID 275384

Encyclopedia v. 17

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


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia
Volumes borrowed: Volume 17

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia britannica; or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788-1797. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 261 times in 222 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Reference Works
Encyclopaedia Britannica

Borrowed: 1826/5/26 (Friday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Genre: Reference Works

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Volumes borrowed: Volume 17

Record ID 275387

Franklin's Works v. 1, 2

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


Borrower

Joseph Baxter Porteous
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
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5

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

Borrowed: 1826/6/21 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Joseph Baxter Porteous

Author: Benjamin Franklin (Male, born 1706, died 1790), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives

Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 5