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Record ID 49512
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 4: Professors Receipt Book (1765-1770, Type: Professorial). Page: 20v
Peter Wilkines 2d V.
Borrowed: 1769/2/10 (Friday). Returned: 1769/2/17 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 10 Feb 1769. Original Returned Date: 17 Feb 1769.
Thomas Reid
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: Dr Reid. Life dates: 1710-1796.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
Life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man.
Press: AE. Shelf: 12. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.15-16. Original Author: Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man: relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage thro’ a subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new World; his there meeting with a Gawry or flying Woman, whose Life he preserv’d, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that fly. Likewise a Description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its Inhabitants, and the Author’s remarkable Transactions among them. Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, giving an Account of the surprizing Manner of his coming on board that surprizing Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his Death on his landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739. Illustrated with several Cuts, clearly and distinctly representing the Structure and Mechanism of the Wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the Manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R.S. a passenger in the Hector. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T92780
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Borrowed: 1769/2/10 (Friday). Returned: 1769/2/17 (Friday).
Borrower: Thomas Reid
Author: Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767), Genre: Fiction
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2
Record ID 54845
Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 108v
Peter Wilkins 2 Vols
Borrowed: 1775/9/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 30 Sep 1775. Original Returned Date: 2 Nov 1775.
Patrick Wilson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor of Practical Astronomy 1786.
Original Full Name: Pat Wilson. Life dates: 1743-1811.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
Life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man.
Press: AE. Shelf: 12. Number: 3. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk1-k.15-16. Original Author: Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767..
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man: relating particularly, his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful Passage thro’ a subterraneous Cavern into a kind of new World; his there meeting with a Gawry or flying Woman, whose Life he preserv’d, and afterwards married her; his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women that fly. Likewise a Description of this strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of its Inhabitants, and the Author’s remarkable Transactions among them. Taken from his own Mouth, in his Passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, giving an Account of the surprizing Manner of his coming on board that surprizing Manner of his coming on board that Vessel, and his Death on his landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739. Illustrated with several Cuts, clearly and distinctly representing the Structure and Mechanism of the Wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the Manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R.S. a passenger in the Hector. In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 46 borrowing records
ESTC: T92780
Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767)
Genre: Fiction
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Borrowed: 1775/9/30 (Saturday). Returned: 1775/11/2 (Thursday).
Borrower: Patrick Wilson
Author: Robert Paltock (Male, born 1697, died 1767), Genre: Fiction
Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2