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Record ID 173442

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 38

Quintilanus Burmanni 3 vol 4to

Borrowed: 1788/7/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/8 (Friday).


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Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: 1757-1832.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice. Law > Baron of the Exchequer. Law > Sheriff.

Borrowed: 1788/7/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr John Clerk of Eldin; Lord Eldin

Record ID 173445

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 39

Gillies's History of Greece 2 vol 4to

Borrowed: 1788/7/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/8 (Friday).


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Mr John Ramsay Balfour
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1762. Life dates: 1734-1813.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
History of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; from the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east [Gillies]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.72.a.6-7.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
The history of ancient Greece, its colonies, and conquests; from the earliest accounts till the division of the Macedonian Empire in the east. Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1786. Format: 4to. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 79 times in 54 borrowing records


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John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836)
Genre: History
History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests

Borrowed: 1788/7/8 (Tuesday). Returned: 1788/8/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr John Ramsay Balfour

Author: John Gillies (Male, born 1747, died 1836), Genre: History

History of Ancient Greece, its Colonies and Conquests

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2