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Book Holding ID 16465

George Chalmers (Male, born 1742, died 1825)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Caledonia: or, an Account, historical and topographic, of North Britain; from the most ancient to the present times: with a dictionary of places, chorographical and philological.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 10 times in 9 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (6 borrowings), Volume 2] (1 borrowing), Volume 3] (3 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

George Chalmers (Male, born 1742, died 1825)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Caledonia: or, an Account, historical and topographic, of North Britain; from the most ancient to the present times: with a dictionary of places, chorographical and philological.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1807-1824. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 27 times in 26 borrowing records


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George Chalmers (Male, born 1742, died 1825)
Genre: History, Genre: Reference Works
Caledonia: or, An Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain

Book Holding ID 16270

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla ... By the author of Evelina and Cecilia (F. D'Arblay).
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 44 times in 19 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 1] (14 borrowings), Volume 2] (15 borrowings), Volume 3] (15 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla ... By the author of Evelina and Cecilia (F. D'Arblay).
Language: English . Published: Dublin. Date of publication: 1796. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 44 times in 19 borrowing records


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Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth

Book Holding ID 16985

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian Tale. Taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish squires, before the year 1782.
Number of borrowings: 5

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Confidence level: Speculative

Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian Tale. Taken from facts, and from the manners of the Irish squires, before the year 1782.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 46


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Maria Edgeworth (Female, born 1768, died 1849)
Genre: Fiction
Castle Rackrent, An Hibernian Tale

Book Holding ID 16306

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Cecilia ... By the author of Evelina [i.e. Frances Burney, afterwards d'Arblay] ... The ninth edition.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 64 times in 19 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (0 borrowings), Volume 1] (18 borrowings), Volume 2] (18 borrowings), Volume 3] (16 borrowings), Volume 4] (12 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Cecilia ... By the author of Evelina [i.e. Frances Burney, afterwards d'Arblay] ... The ninth edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1809. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 221 times in 61 borrowing records


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Frances Burney (Female, born 1752, died 1840)
Genre: Fiction
Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress

Book Holding ID 16843

Caroline Anne Southey Bowles (Female, born 1786, died 1854)
Genre: Fiction
Chapters on Churchyards. (Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine.) By the authoress of Ellen Fitzarthur [i.e. Caroline Bowles, afterwards Southey], etc.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 48 times in 24 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (0 borrowings), Volume 1] (24 borrowings), Volume 2] (24 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Caroline Anne Southey Bowles (Female, born 1786, died 1854)
Genre: Fiction
Chapters on Churchyards. (Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine.) By the authoress of Ellen Fitzarthur [i.e. Caroline Bowles, afterwards Southey], etc.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1829. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 48 times in 24 borrowing records


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Caroline Anne Southey Bowles (Female, born 1786, died 1854)
Genre: Fiction
Chapters on Churchyards

Book Holding ID 17609

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays ... Seventh edition.
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), Volume 4] (0 borrowings), Volume 5] (0 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays ... Seventh edition.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1800. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 3 times in 1 borrowing record


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Richard Watson Bishop of Llandaff (Male, born 1737, died 1816)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Chemical Essays [Richard Watson]

Book Holding ID 16462

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate. [First series. The Highland Widow.-The Two Drovers.-The Surgeon's Daughter.] By the Author of Waverley, etc.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 44 times in 26 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (0 borrowings), Volume ] (0 borrowings), Volume 1] (22 borrowings), Volume 2] (22 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate. [First series. The Highland Widow.-The Two Drovers.-The Surgeon's Daughter.] By the Author of Waverley, etc.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1827. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 125 times in 73 borrowing records


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Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate [First Series: The Highland Widow, The Two Drovers, The Surgeon's Daughter]

Book Holding ID 16435

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate. Second series. [Saint Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth.] By the Author of Waverley, etc.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 120 times in 48 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume ] (0 borrowings), Volume 1] (39 borrowings), Volume 2] (40 borrowings), Volume 3] (41 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Very likely

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate. Second series. [Saint Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth.] By the Author of Waverley, etc.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1828. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 268 times in 108 borrowing records


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Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Chronicles of the Canongate [Second Series: Saint Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth]

Book Holding ID 11729

Charles Johnstone (Male, born c.1719, died c.1800)
Genre: Fiction
Chrysal: or, the adventures of a guinea. Wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting Anecdotes, of the most noted Persons in every Rank of Life, whose Hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal. By an adept.
Genre: Novel. Language: English.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 26 times in 12 borrowing records
Volumes: Volume 2] (10 borrowings), Volume 3] (8 borrowings), Volume 4] (8 borrowings)

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Confidence level: Speculative

Charles Johnstone (Male, born c.1719, died c.1800)
Genre: Fiction
Chrysal: or, the adventures of a guinea. Wherein are exhibited views of several striking scenes, with curious and interesting Anecdotes, of the most noted Persons in every Rank of Life, whose Hands it passed through, in America, England, Holland, Germany, and Portugal. By an adept.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1767. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 26 times in 12 borrowing records


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Charles Johnstone (Male, born c.1719, died c.1800)
Genre: Fiction
Chrysal: or, The Adventures of a Guinea

Book Holding ID 16991

Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England. Book the first. By William Blackstone, Esq. Vinerian Professor of Law, and solicitor general to her Majesty.
Number of borrowings: Volumes of this book were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record
Volumes: Volume 1] (1 borrowing), Volume 2] (1 borrowing)

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Confidence level: Speculative

Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the laws of England. Book the first. By William Blackstone, Esq. Vinerian Professor of Law, and solicitor general to her Majesty.
Language: English . Published: Oxford. Date of publication: 1766-1767. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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Sir William Blackstone (Male, born 1723, died 1780)
Genre: Law
Commentaries on the Laws of England

Book Holding ID 17113

Critical Remarks
Number of borrowings: 2