Books and Borrowing 1750-1830

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SL137146, page 430

Record ID 276350

Dryden Virgilius v. 3

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Drdyen Virgilius
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Virgil: containing his pastorals, Georgics and Æneis. Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden. In three volumes. Adorn'd with above a hundred sculptures.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1716. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1825/10/30 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Finlay Watson

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

Works of Virgil

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 276353

Potter's Antiquities v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

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


Book Holding

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Potter's Antiquities
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archæologia græca: or, the antiquities of Greece. The sixth edition. By John Potter
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 33 times in 20 borrowing records


Book Work

John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747)
Genre: History
Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Borrowed: 1825/11/13 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Finlay Watson

Author: John Potter (Male, born c.1673, died 1747), Genre: History

Archaelogia Graeca: or, The Antiquities of Greece

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 276356

Belesarius

Borrowed: 1825/11/27 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius. By M. Marmontel, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 9


Book Work

Jean-François Marmontel (Male, born 1723, died 1799)
Genre: Fiction
Belisarius [Jean-François Marmontel]

Record ID 276359

Shipwrecks

Borrowed: 1825/12/11 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea; or historical narratives of the most noted calamities and providential deliverances, which have resulted from maritime enterprize: with a sketch of various expedients for preserving the lives of mariners.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1812. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 32 times in 29 borrowing records


Book Work

John Graham Dalyell (Male, born 1775, died 1851)
Genre: Travel
Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea

Record ID 276362

Record ID 276365

Will and Jean

Borrowed: 1826/1/8 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Hector Macneill (Male, born 1746, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Will and Jean

Record ID 276368

Horatius Delphini

Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).


Borrower

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


Book Holding

Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Horatius Delphini
Format: 4to.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Q. Horatii Flacci Opera. Interpretatione & notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez cardinalitius socius ac rhetor emeritus, jussu christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini ac serenissimorum principum Burgundiæ, Andium, Biturigum. Huic editioni accessere vita Horatii cum Dacerii notis, ejusdem chronologia Horatiana, & præfatio de satira romana.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1694. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 2 borrowing records


Book Work

Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Horace

Borrowed: 1826/2/5 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Finlay Watson

Author: Horace (Male, born BCE65-12-8, died BCE8-11-27), Genre: Poetry

Works of Horace

Record ID 276371

Hoole's Tasso v. 1, 2

Borrowed: 1826/4/2 (Sunday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

William Finlay Watson
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: 1826/4/2 (Sunday).

Borrower: William Finlay Watson

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

Jerusalem Delivered

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2