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Date of borrowing: 1789/6/26
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Record ID 200543
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 243
Aristotles Art of Poety by Twining 4to
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1737. Life dates: 1714-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate. Law > Lord of Session/Senator of the College of Justice.
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated [Twining]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: K.31.a.[5].
Confidence level: Certain
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Aristotle's treatise on poetry, translated: with notes on the translation, and on the original; and two dissertations, on poetical, and musical, imitation. By Thomas Twining, M.A.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1789. Format: 4to.
Translators: Twining, Thomas, 1735-1804
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: T141489
Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Poetics
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Aristotle (Male, born BCE384, died BCE322), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 200537
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 243
Kaempfers History of Japan 2 vol fol
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1765.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Englebert Kaempfer (Male, born 1651, died 1716)
Genre: History
The history of Japan [Kaempfer]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.145.a.3-4.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Englebert Kaempfer (Male, born 1651, died 1716)
Genre: History
The history of Japan: Giving an Account of The antient and present State and Government of that Empire; of Its Temples, Palaces, Castles, and other Buildings; of Its Metals, Minerals, Trees, Plants, Animals, Birds, and Fishes; of The Chronology and Succession of the Emporers, Ecclesiastical and Secular; of The Original Descent, Religions, Customs, and Manufactures of the Natives, and of their Trade and Commerce with the Dutch and Chinese. Together with a Description of the Kingdom of Siam. Written in High Dutch By Engelbertus Kaempfer, M. D. Physician to the Dutch Embassy to the Emporer's Court; And translated from his Original Manuscript, never before printed, By J. G. Scheuchzer, F. R. S. And a Member of the College of Physicians, London. With the Life of the author and an Introduction. To which is added, Part of a Journal of a Voyage to Japan, made by the English in the Year 1673. Illustrated with many copper plates.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1728. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 14 times in 8 borrowing records
ESTC: T124601
Englebert Kaempfer (Male, born 1651, died 1716)
Genre: History
History of Japan
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr William Charles Little of Liberton
Author: Englebert Kaempfer (Male, born 1651, died 1716), Genre: History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 200546
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/15 (1788-1789, Type: Other). Page: 244
Winter Evenings 3 vol 12o
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1787. Life dates: 1765-1799.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter evenings: or lucubrations on life and letters. In three volumes [Knox]
Possible modern shelfmark: [Ao].7/2.4-6 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter evenings: or lucubrations on life and letters.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1788. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 99 times in 38 borrowing records
ESTC: T92823
Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821)
Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: 1789/7/26 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Thomas Muir of Huntershill
Author: Vicesimus Knox (Male, born 1752, died 1821), Genre: Belles Lettres
Winter Evenings: or Lucubrations on Life and Letters
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 233861
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 49
World Displayed v. 6
Borrowed: 1789/6/26 (Friday). Returned: yes.
John Robison
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
World Displayed
Volumes borrowed: Volume 6
Confidence level: Certain
Genre: Travel
The world displayed; or, A curious collection of voyages and travels, selected from the writers of all nations. In which the conjectures and interpolations of several vain editors and translators are expunged, every relation is made concise and plain, and the divisions of countries and kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1759-1761. Format: 12mo.
Editors: Compiled by Christopher Smart, Oliver Goldsmith and Samuel Johnson; introduction by Samuel Johnson.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 1944 times in 1812 borrowing records
ESTC: T113545
Genre: Travel
World Displayed; or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from the Writers of All Nations