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Record ID 40612

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 6r

Boswels Corsica

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/12/19 (Thursday). Original Borrower: John Wotherspon.


Borrower

John Wotherspoon
Gender: Male.


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James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli. By James Boswell, Esq; Illustrated with a new and accurate map of Corsica.
Modern Shelfmark: NLS Special Collections Gray.1345.

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
An account of Corsica, the journal of a tour to that island; and memoirs of Pascal Paoli.
Language: English . Published: Glasgow. Date of publication: 1768. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 85 times in 83 borrowing records


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James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795)
Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel
Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/12/19 (Thursday).

Borrower: John Wotherspoon

Author: James Boswell (Male, born 1740, died 1795), Genre: Lives, Genre: Travel

Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli

Record ID 40613

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 6r

Buchanan's Scotland

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/12/13 (Friday). Original Borrower: Alexr Somerville.


Borrower

Alexander Somerville
Gender: Male.


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George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s History of Scotland. In twenty books. Containing I. An Account of its several Situations; and the Nature of its Soil and Climate. II. The Ancient Names, Manners, Laws, and Customs of the Country, and what People inhabited the Island from the very Beginning. III. A Chronicle of all its Kings; in an exact Series of Succession, from Fergus, the first Founder of the Scotish Monarchy, to the Reign of King James VI. of Scotland, and First, of England.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
Buchanan’s History of Scotland.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1733. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 76 times in 68 borrowing records


Book Work

George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582)
Genre: History
History of Scotland [George Buchanan]

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1793/12/13 (Friday).

Borrower: Alexander Somerville

Author: George Buchanan (Male, born 1506, died 1582), Genre: History

History of Scotland [George Buchanan]

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 40610

Library: Haddington Library. Register: MS16481 (1790-1816, Type: Town). Page: 6r

Callenders Collection Voys: Vol 3d.

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1794/1/8 (Wednesday). Original Borrowed Date: 12. Original Borrower: Wm Nisbet Junr..


Borrower

William Nisbet
Gender: Male.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Merchants/Traders.


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 3

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday). Returned: 1794/1/8 (Wednesday).

Borrower: William Nisbet

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

Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes

Volumes borrowed: Volume 3

Record ID 147297

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 6

Campbell on Rhetorick 2 Vols

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Occupation (original): Secession (Burgher) minister of Dunblane, 1768-1816.
Subs Date: 1776. Subs: Donation. Life dates: 1747-1816.
Occupation (normalised): Arts and Letters > Author. Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Presbyterian Seceder.


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George Campbell (Male, born 1719, died 1796)
Genre: Belles Lettres
The philosophy of rhetoric.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1776. Format: 8vo (octavo). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 14-C-13.
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


Book Work

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

Borrowed: 1793/12/12 (Thursday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Michael Gilfillan

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

Philosophy of Rhetoric

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2