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Record ID 39095

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 97r

PlutarchsLives Vol 1

Borrowed: 1774/3/23 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: March 23d. Original Borrower: Geo. Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 116 borrowing records


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Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1774/3/23 (Wednesday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 352790

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 97v

Vol 3,4,

Borrowed: 1774/5/10 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1774 May 10th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 116 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1774/5/10 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 39098

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 97v

Vol2 of Plutarchs Lives

Borrowed: 1774/5/10 (Tuesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1774 May 10th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 116 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1774/5/10 (Tuesday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 39110

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 98r

Callendars Voyages Vol 1 3

Borrowed: 1774/9/29 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 29th. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Borrowed: 1774/9/29 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 3

Record ID 39107

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 98r

Abercrombies Atchievements Vol 1

Borrowed: 1774/8/18 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: 1774 Augt 18th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716)
Genre: Lives
Martial atchievements of the Scots nation. Being an account of the lives, characters, and memorable actions, of such Scotsmen as have signaliz’d themselves by the sword at home and abroad. And a survey of the military transactions wherein Scotland or Scotsmen have been remarkably concern’d, from the first establishment of the Scots Monarchy to this present time. By Patrick Abercromby M.D.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1286-1287.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1774/8/18 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Patrick Abercromby (Male, born 1656, died 1716), Genre: Lives

Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 39124

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 99r

6 vol plutarchs Lives

Borrowed: 1774/11/17 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: Novr: 17th:. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Plutarch’s lives, in six volumes. Translated from the Greek. To which is prefixed The life of Plutarch, written by Mr. Dryden.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 116 borrowing records


Book Work

Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119)
Genre: Lives
Lives [Plutarch]

Borrowed: 1774/11/17 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Plutarch (Male, born c.46, died 119), Genre: Lives

Lives [Plutarch]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 6

Record ID 39145

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 100r

Borrowed: 1775/6/11 (Sunday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 39172

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 101v

Calendars Voyages vol 2d

Borrowed: 1776. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777)
Genre: Travel
Terra Australis Cognita: or, voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing An Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further Discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1349 (vol. 1 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Borrowed: 1776.

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Charles de Brosses (Male, born 1709, died 1777), Genre: Travel

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Record ID 39173

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 101v

Borrowed: 1776.

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: William Robertson (Male, born 1721, died 1793), Genre: History

History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 39184

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 102r

Tacitus Vol 1 2 3 4 5

Borrowed: 1776/7/4 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: July 4.th. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus. With political discourses upon that author, By Thomas Gordon, Esq.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1326.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
The works of Tacitus. With political discourses upon that author.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 5 vols.
Editors: Gordon, Thomas, -1750
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 95 times in 58 borrowing records


Book Work

Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120)
Genre: History
Works of Tacitus

Borrowed: 1776/7/4 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Cornelius Tacitus (Male, born c.56, died 120), Genre: History

Works of Tacitus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5

Record ID 39187

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 102v

Rollin's Roman Histy Vol 1, 2 5, 6

Borrowed: 1776/8/7 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: Augt 7th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741)
Genre: History
Rollin's Roman History (original title)
Roman History, from the Foundation of Rome till the Battle of Actium, 16 vols (standardised title)

Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1336 (vol. 4 only).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 5, Volume 6

Borrowed: 1776/8/7 (Wednesday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Charles Rollin (Male, born 1661, died 1741), Genre: History

Roman History from the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium [Charles Rollin]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 5, Volume 6

Record ID 39224

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 104v

Feildings works Vol: 8th 4th5,6th10

Borrowed: 1777/3/14 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: 14th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 8, Volume 10

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author. Vol. I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 314 times in 238 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Borrowed: 1777/3/14 (Friday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

Works of Henry Fielding

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4, Volume 5, Volume 6, Volume 8, Volume 10

Record ID 39233

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 105r

Popes Works vol 1, 2

Borrowed: 1777/4/7 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: April 7th.. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope, Esq; In six volumes, complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
The works of Alexander Pope, Esq; In six volumes, complete. With his last corrections, additions, and improvements; together with all his notes.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1772. Format: 12mo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 82 times in 69 borrowing records


Book Work

Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30)
Genre: Poetry
Works of Alexander Pope

Borrowed: 1777/4/7 (Monday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Alexander Pope (Male, born 1688-5-21, died 1744-5-30), Genre: Poetry

Works of Alexander Pope

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 39232

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 105r

Record ID 39255

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 106v

Fieldings Works vol 11th

Borrowed: 1777/6. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
The works of Henry Fielding, Esq. With an essay on the life and genius of the author. Vol. I.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1775. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 12 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 314 times in 238 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754)
Genre: Fiction
Works of Henry Fielding

Borrowed: 1777/6.

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Henry Fielding (Male, born 1707, died 1754), Genre: Fiction

Works of Henry Fielding

Volumes borrowed: Volume 11

Record ID 39267

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 107v

Dodoen's History of Plants

Borrowed: 1777/7/30 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 1777 30th. July. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Rembert Dodoens (Male, born 1517, died 1585)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new herball, or historie of plants: wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants: their diuers and sundrie kindes: their names, natures, operations, & vertues: and that not onely of those which are heere growing in this our countrie of England but of al others also of forraine realms commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Dutch or Almaigne toong, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens, phisition to the Emperor: and now first translated out of French into English, by Henrie Lyte Esquier.

Record ID 39321

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 111r

the 2:st Vol: of Nature displayed

Borrowed: 1778/10/15 (Thursday). Original Borrowed Date: Octr: 15th: 1778. Original Borrower: George Thomson.


Borrower

George Thomson
Gender: Male.
Birth date: 1759.


Book Holding

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la nature: or, Nature display’d. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history, as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth. Illustrated with copper plates. Translated from the original French by Mr. Humphreys.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1750. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 7 vols.
Translators: Humphreys, Mr
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 153 times in 91 borrowing records


Book Work

Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761)
Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Borrowed: 1778/10/15 (Thursday).

Borrower: George Thomson

Author: Noël Antoine Pluche (Male, born 1688, died 1761), Genre: Education, Genre: Natural Philosophy

Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display’d

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2