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Record ID 88220

Library: Craigston Castle Library. Register: Register (1768-1830, Type: Other). Page: 13

Caracteres de la Bruyere 2 Vol.s 12mo

Borrowed: 1786/12/8 (Friday).


Borrower

Mrs Chevalier Adam (Elizabeth) Urquhart
Gender: Female.
Borrower entry: Mrs. Chevl. Urquhart. Life dates: 1742-1831.
Occupation (normalised): Miscellaneous > Wife/Spouse.


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Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Caracteres
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Les Caractères de Théophraste. Avec les Caractères on les Mœurs de ce siècle par La Bruyère. Nouvelle édition augmentée de notes sur ces deux ouvrages et de la Défense de La Bruyère et de ses caractères (contre les objections de Vigneul-Marville [i.e. N. Argonne]) par M. Coste.
Language: French . Published: Paris. Date of publication: 1756. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 2 times in 1 borrowing record


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Jean de La Bruyère (Male, born 1645, died 1696), Theophrastus (Male, born c.BCE371, died BCE287)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Lives
Caracteres de Theophraste Traduits du Grec, avec les Caracteres ou les Moeurs de ce Siecle

Record ID 53744

Library: Glasgow University Library. Register: MS Lib 5: Professors Receipt Book (1770-1790, Type: Professorial). Page: 81v

Vallii Logica

Borrowed: 1786/12/8 (Friday). Returned: 1787/2/19 (Monday). Original Borrowed Date: 8 Dec 1786. Original Returned Date: 19 Feb 1787.


Borrower

George Jardine
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Professor.
Original Full Name: G. Jardine. Life dates: 1742-1827. Academic dates: 1760-1765; MA 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Professor.


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Paolo Vallius (Male)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Logica, duobus tomus distincta: quorum primus artem veterem, secundus nouam comprehendit.
Press: CB. Shelf: 2. Number: 4. Possible modern shelfmark: Sp Coll Bk4-c.9. Original Author: Vallius, Paolo..

Record ID 39856

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 142r

Paradise lost

Borrowed: 1786/12/8 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: Decemr 8. Original Borrower: John Galloway.


Borrower

John Galloway
Gender: Male.


Book Holding

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise lost. A poem, in twelve books. The author John Milton.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1707. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9


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John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674)
Genre: Poetry
Paradise Lost

Borrowed: 1786/12/8 (Friday).

Borrower: John Galloway

Author: John Milton (Male, born 1608, died 1674), Genre: Poetry

Paradise Lost

Record ID 39855

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16480 (1732-1790, Type: Town). Page: 142r

2dVolume Callendars Voyages

Borrowed: 1786/12/8 (Friday). Original Borrowed Date: Decemr 8. Original Borrower: James Boyd.


Borrower

James Boyd
Gender: Male.


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: 1786/12/8 (Friday).

Borrower: James Boyd

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

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 2