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Record ID 200174

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 228

Campbells Philsophy of Rhetorick 2 vol 8vo

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


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George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Campbell Philosophy of rhetoric, 2 vol, 8vo, 1776 (original title)
The philosophy of rhetoric. (standardised title)

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The philosophy of rhetoric. By George Campbell, ... In two volumes. ...
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 142 times in 87 borrowing records


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George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Philosophy of Rhetoric

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda

Author: George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796), Genre: Belles Lettres

Philosophy of Rhetoric

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 200150

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 228

Blairs Lectures on Rhetorick 2 vol

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1772. Life dates: d. 1795.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book Holding

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres [Blair]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on rhetoric and belles lettres.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1783. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 114 times in 83 borrowing records


Book Work

Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr Archibald Macdonald of Sanda

Author: Hugh Blair (Male, born 1718, died 1800), Genre: Belles Lettres

Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 200177

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 229

Arnots History of Edinburgh 4to

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mr Otto Herman Wemyss
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1785. Life dates: d. 1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh [Arnot]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: L.C.1206 .

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
The history of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts to the present time.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 4to.
Number of borrowings: 7


Book Work

Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786)
Genre: History
History of Edinburgh

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).

Borrower: Mr Otto Herman Wemyss

Author: Hugo Arnot (Male, born 1749, died 1786), Genre: History

History of Edinburgh

Record ID 200183

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 229

Parliamentary History of England vol. 1.2

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/12 (Sunday).


Borrower

Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Genre: History
The parliamentary or constitutional history of England.
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Ax.6.1-12.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: History
The parliamentary or constitutional history of England; being a faithful account of all the most remarkable transactions in Parliament, from the earliest times.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1751-1761. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 24 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 61 times in 10 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: History
Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England; Being a Faithful Account of All the Most Remarkable Transactions in Parliament

Record ID 234926

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 65

Buffon v. 7

Borrowed: 1789/6/12 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Jacob Williamson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


Book Holding

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 7

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon