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Book Holding ID 61377

Dalrymple
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 9752

Sir James Dalrymple Baronet (Male, born 1650, died 1719)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Dalrymple's Collections
Number of borrowings: 4

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir James Dalrymple Baronet (Male, born 1650, died 1719)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Collections concerning the Scottish history, preceeding the death of King David the first, in the year 1153.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1705. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 7


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Sir James Dalrymple Baronet (Male, born 1650, died 1719)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Collections Concerning the Scottish History, Preceeding the Death of King David the First

Book Holding ID 9753

Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Dalrymple's Memoirs
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 8 times in 4 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (2 borrowings), Volume 2] (2 borrowings), Volume 3] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. From the dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the sea-battle off La Hogue. By Sir John Dalrymple, Bart.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 37 times in 23 borrowing records


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Sir John Dalrymple (Male, born 1726, died 1810)
Genre: History
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue

Book Holding ID 9757

John Davis (Male, born 1774, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Davis' Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America.
Number of borrowings: 13

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Confidence level: Certain

John Davis (Male, born 1774, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America; during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801 and 1802.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 14 borrowing records


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John Davis (Male, born 1774, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America; during 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801 and 1802

Book Holding ID 61332

Dawson Enquiry
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 9759

Mary Collyer (Female, died 1763)
Genre: Fiction
Death of Abel
Number of borrowings: 23

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Confidence level: Certain

Mary Collyer (Female, died 1763)
Genre: Fiction
The death of Abel. In five books. Attempted from the German of Mr Gessner.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1761. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 23


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Mary Collyer (Female, died 1763)
Genre: Fiction
Death of Abel in Five Books. Attempted from the German of Mr Gessner

Book Holding ID 9760

Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831)
Genre: Poetry
Defence of Order by Josiah Walker
Number of borrowings: 8

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Confidence level: Certain

Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831)
Genre: Poetry
The defence of order, a poem.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


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Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831)
Genre: Poetry
Defence of Order, a Poem

Book Holding ID 60968

Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831), Anne Bannerman (Female, died 1829)
Genre: Poetry
Defence of order, bound with Bannerman
Number of borrowings: 1

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Confidence level: Certain

Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831)
Genre: Poetry
The defence of order, a poem.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


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Josiah Walker (Male, died 1831)
Genre: Poetry
Defence of Order, a Poem

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Confidence level: Certain

Anne Bannerman (Female, died 1829)
Genre: Poetry
Poems by Anne Bannerman.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: 5


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Anne Bannerman (Female, died 1829)
Genre: Poetry
Poems [Anne Bannerman]

Book Holding ID 9761

Mary Pilkington (Female, born 1766, died 1839)
Genre: Fiction
Delia, a pathetic and interesting tale by Mary Pilkington
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 223 times in 78 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (58 borrowings), Volume 2] (61 borrowings), Volume 3] (55 borrowings), Volume 4] (49 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Mary Pilkington (Female, born 1766, died 1839)
Genre: Fiction
Delia, a pathetic and interesting tale.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 223 times in 78 borrowing records


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Mary Pilkington (Female, born 1766, died 1839)
Genre: Fiction
Delia, a Pathetic and Interesting Tale

Book Holding ID 9762

Sir John Denham (Male, born 1615, died 1669)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Denham's Poems
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir John Denham (Male, born 1615, died 1669)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Poems and translations, with The sophy. Written by the Honourable Sir John Denham Knight of the Bath.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1703. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 2


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Sir John Denham (Male, born 1615, died 1669)
Genre: Drama, Genre: Poetry
Poems and Translations with The Sophy, a Tragedy

Book Holding ID 9764

James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood (Male)
Genre: Fiction
Denial; or, the Happy Retreat. A novel by James Thomson
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 108 times in 44 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (39 borrowings), Volume 2] (37 borrowings), Volume 3] (32 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood (Male)
Genre: Fiction
The denial; or, the happy retreat. A novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 108 times in 44 borrowing records


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James Thomson Minister at Quarrelwood (Male)
Genre: Fiction
Denial; or, The Happy Retreat

Book Holding ID 9768

Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Desmond by Charlotte Turner Smith
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 124 times in 44 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (41 borrowings), Volume 2] (42 borrowings), Volume 3] (41 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Desmond. A novel, in three volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1792. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 124 times in 44 borrowing records


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Charlotte Turner Smith (Female, born 1749, died 1806)
Genre: Fiction
Desmond. A Novel

Book Holding ID 9769

William Combe (Male, born 1742, died 1823)
Genre: Fiction
Devil Upon Two Sticks by Mr Le Sage
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 92 times in 26 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (26 borrowings), Volume 2] (22 borrowings), Volume 3] (22 borrowings), Volume 4] (22 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

William Combe (Male, born 1742, died 1823)
Genre: Fiction
The devil upon two sticks in England: being a continuation of Le diable boiteux of Le Sage.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1790. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 92 times in 26 borrowing records


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William Combe (Male, born 1742, died 1823)
Genre: Fiction
Devil upon Two Sticks in England

Book Holding ID 59678

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dialogues concerning Natural Religion
Number of borrowings: 2

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Confidence level: Certain

David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dialogues concerning natural religion.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1779. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 6


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David Hume (Male, born c.1711, died 1776)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Book Holding ID 9770

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead by George Lord Lyttelton
Number of borrowings: 9

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the dead.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1760. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 20 times in 19 borrowing records


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George Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton (Male, born 1709, died 1773), Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (Female, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Dialogues of the Dead

Book Holding ID 9850

William Gilpin (Male, born 1724, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Dialogues on various subjects by William Gilpin
Number of borrowings: 8

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Confidence level: Certain

William Gilpin (Male, born 1724, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Three dialogues on the amusements of clergymen.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 8


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William Gilpin (Male, born 1724, died 1804)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Theology
Three Dialogues on the Amusements of Clergymen

Book Holding ID 9771

Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Dickson's Agriculture
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (5 borrowings), Volume 2] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
A treatise of agriculture.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1762. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 5 borrowing records


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Adam Dickson (Male, born 1721, died 1776)
Genre: Practical Arts/Useful Knowledge
Treatise of Agriculture [Adam Dickson]

Book Holding ID 69885

Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Discipline by Mary Brunton
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Discipline: a Novel.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1814. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records


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Mary Brunton (Female, born 1778, died 1818)
Genre: Fiction
Discipline: A Novel

Book Holding ID 9627

Archibald Arthur (Male, born 1744-9-6, died 1797-6-14)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Discourses, on Theological & Literary Subjects [Arthur]
Number of borrowings: 8

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Confidence level: Certain

Archibald Arthur (Male, born 1744-9-6, died 1797-6-14)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Discourses on theological and literary subjects / Archibald Arthur.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1803. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 14


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Archibald Arthur (Male, born 1744-9-6, died 1797-6-14)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Discourses on Theological and Literary Subjects

Book Holding ID 9772

Discoveries in Africa
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 60749

James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Dissertations Moral and Critical [Beattie]
Number of borrowings: 2

Book Holding ID 9773

Anthony Blackwall (Male, born 1674, died 1730)
Genre: Poetry
Dodsley's Poems
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 43 times in 10 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (10 borrowings), Volume 2] (8 borrowings), Volume 3] (7 borrowings), Volume 4] (7 borrowings), Volume 5] (6 borrowings), Volume 6] (5 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Anthony Blackwall (Male, born 1674, died 1730)
Genre: Poetry
A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Editors: Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 12 borrowing records


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Anthony Blackwall (Male, born 1674, died 1730)
Genre: Poetry
Collection of Poems in Six Volumes by Several Hands [ed. Robert Dodsley]

Book Holding ID 9774

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
Don Quixote by Cervantes
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 163 times in 54 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (44 borrowings), Volume 2] (41 borrowings), Volume 3] (40 borrowings), Volume 4] (38 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
The life and exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Translators: Jarvis, Charles
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 203 times in 64 borrowing records


Book Work

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Male, born 1547, died 1616)
Genre: Fiction
Don Quixote

Book Holding ID 9775

George Skene (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Donald Bane by George Skene
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Skene (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Donald Bane: an heroic poem, in three books.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 1


Book Work

George Skene (Male)
Genre: Poetry
Donald Bane: An Heroic Poem

Book Holding ID 9776

Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, the Highlander. A novel by Robert Bisset
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 140 times in 50 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (41 borrowings), Volume 2] (38 borrowings), Volume 3] (33 borrowings), Volume 4] (28 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, the highlander. A novel.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 140 times in 50 borrowing records


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Robert Bisset (Male, born 1759, died 1805)
Genre: Fiction
Douglas; or, The Highlander

Book Holding ID 69419

Drake's Travels
Number of borrowings: 1
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing)

Book Holding ID 59501

Samuel Foote (Male, born 1720, died 1777)
Genre: Drama
Dramatic works of Samuel Foote, Esq.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 25 times in 10 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (9 borrowings), Volume 2] (7 borrowings), Volume 3] (5 borrowings), Volume 4] (4 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Samuel Foote (Male, born 1720, died 1777)
Genre: Drama
The dramatic works of Samuel Foote, Esq.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: c.1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 45 times in 15 borrowing records


Book Work

Samuel Foote (Male, born 1720, died 1777)
Genre: Drama
Dramatic Works of Samuel Foote

Book Holding ID 9818

George Farquhar (Male, born c.1677, died 1707)
Genre: Drama
Dramatick Works of Mr George Farquhar
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 9 times in 6 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (6 borrowings), Volume 2] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

George Farquhar (Male, born c.1677, died 1707)
Genre: Drama
The dramatick works of Mr. George Farquhar.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1736. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 13 times in 8 borrowing records


Book Work

George Farquhar (Male, born c.1677, died 1707)
Genre: Drama
Dramatick Works of George Farquhar

Book Holding ID 9779

William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History
Drummond's History of Scotland
Number of borrowings: 11

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Confidence level: Certain

William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History
The history of the lives and reigns of the five James’s, Kings of Scotland, from the year 1423, to the year 1542.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1711. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: 11


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William Drummond of Hawthorndon (Male, born 1585-12-13, died 1649-12-4)
Genre: History
History of Scotland, from the Year 1423, to the Year 1542

Book Holding ID 9781

John Dryden (Male, born 1631, died 1700)
Genre: Drama
Dryden's Plays
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 56 times in 25 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (13 borrowings), Volume 2] (7 borrowings), Volume 2] (7 borrowings), Volume 3] (9 borrowings), Volume 4] (5 borrowings), Volume 5] (8 borrowings), Volume 6] (6 borrowings), Volume 7] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Certain

John Dryden (Male, born 1631, died 1700)
Genre: Drama
The dramatick works of John Dryden, Esq; in six volumes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1762-1763. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 6 vols.
Editors: Congreve, William, 1670-1729
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 69 times in 30 borrowing records


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John Dryden (Male, born 1631, died 1700)
Genre: Drama
Dramatic Works of John Dryden

Book Holding ID 9782

Virgil (Male, born BCE70-10-15, died BCE19-9-21)
Genre: Poetry
Dryden's Virgil
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 31 times in 14 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (11 borrowings), Volume 2] (10 borrowings), Volume 3] (10 borrowings)

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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.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1709. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Translators: Dryden, John
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 31 times in 14 borrowing records


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

Book Holding ID 9783

William Duff (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Duff On Genius
Number of borrowings: 4

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Confidence level: Certain

William Duff (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres
An essay on original genius; and its various modes of exertion in philosophy and the fine arts, particularly in poetry / [by William Duff].
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 36


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William Duff (Male, born 1732, died 1815)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Essay on Original Genius

Book Holding ID 9784

Duke of Marlborough
Number of borrowings: 3

Book Holding ID 9785

Dumfries Review
Number of borrowings: 3
Volumes: Volume 1] (3 borrowings)

Book Holding ID 61076

Duncan on Passions
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 9787

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Duncan's Cicero
Number of borrowings: 8

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Confidence level: Certain

Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Cicero’s select orations, translated into English; with the original Latin, from the best editions, in the opposite page; and notes historical, critical and explanatory.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1771. Format: 8vo.
Translators: Duncan, William
Number of borrowings: 8


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Marcus Tullius Cicero (Male, born BCE106-1-3, died BCE43-12-7)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Orations of Cicero

Book Holding ID 61155

Dupin's Fables?
Number of borrowings: 1

Book Holding ID 9788

André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest (Male, born 1739, died 1801)
Genre: Travel
Dutch Embassy to China
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 14 times in 7 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (7 borrowings), Volume 2] (7 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest (Male, born 1739, died 1801)
Genre: Travel
An authentic account of the embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the court of the Emperor of China, in the years 1794 and 1795; (subsequent to that of the Earl of Macartney.)
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1798. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 16 times in 8 borrowing records


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André Everard Van Braam Houckgeest (Male, born 1739, died 1801)
Genre: Travel
Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795