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Record ID 351266

Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.263 (1819-1848, Type: Other). Page: 730

Kames Sketches 4 vols Al.4.19.

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/20 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr George McGachen
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1820. Life dates: d. 1828.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Accountant. Law > Advocate.


Book HoldingLibrary record

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man, 4 vols [Kames]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: Alex.1.5.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the history of Man. Considerably improved in a second edition.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 57 times in 18 borrowing records


Book Work

Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782)
Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy
Sketches of the History of Man

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/20 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr George McGachen

Author: Henry Home Lord Kames (Male, born 1696, died 1782), Genre: Politics, Society and Political Economy

Sketches of the History of Man

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4

Record ID 409922

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Peter's Letters

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his kinsfolk
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his kinsfolk. [By J. G. Lockhart, assisted by Christopher North.] The second edition. (Postscript to the third edition of Peter's Letters.).
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1819. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 123 times in 58 borrowing records


Book Work

John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854)
Genre: Travel
Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: John Gibson Lockhart (Male, born 1794, died 1854), Genre: Travel

Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 409946

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Man as he is not

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/26 (Saturday).


Borrower

Mr Robert Traill
Gender: Male. Address: Main Street, Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Gentleman. Politics/Office Holders > Surveyor.


Book Holding

Robert Bage (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: Fiction
Hermsprong; or, man as he is not. A novel. [Bage]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Robert Bage (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: Fiction
Hermsprong; or, man as he is not. A novel. In three volumes. (T130284)
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 121 times in 42 borrowing records


Book Work

Robert Bage (Male, born 1728, died 1801)
Genre: Fiction
Hermsprong; or, Man as He is Not

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/26 (Saturday).

Borrower: Mr Robert Traill

Author: Robert Bage (Male, born 1728, died 1801), Genre: Fiction

Hermsprong; or, Man as He is Not

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 409934

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Castle of Otranto

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fiction
The Castle of Otranto
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fiction
The Castle of Otranto; a Gothic Story
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh | London. Date of publication: 1811.
Number of borrowings: 33


Book Work

Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797)
Genre: Fiction
The Castle of Otranto

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: Horace Walpole (Male, born 1717, died 1797), Genre: Fiction

The Castle of Otranto

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 409937

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Old English Baron

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
The old English baron: a Gothic story. By Clara Reeve.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
The old English baron: a Gothic story. By Clara Reeve. (T129762)
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1778. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 37


Book Work

Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807)
Genre: Fiction
Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: Clara Reeve (Female, born 1729, died 1807), Genre: Fiction

Old English Baron: A Gothic Story

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 409925

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Prideaux Connections

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
The old and New Testament connected, in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, from The Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Time of Christ. By Humphrey Prideaux, D. D. Dean of Norwich.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
The old and New Testament connected, in the history of the Jews and neighbouring nations, from The Declension of the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the Time of Christ. By Humphrey Prideaux, D. D. Dean of Norwich.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1799. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 9 times in 4 borrowing records


Book Work

Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724)
Genre: History, Genre: Theology
Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: Humphrey Prideaux (Male, born 1648, died 1724), Genre: History, Genre: Theology

Old and New Testament Connected in the History of the Jews and Neighbouring Nations

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 409940

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Father and Daughter

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry
The father and daughter, a tale, in prose: with an Epistle from the maid of Corinth to her lover; and other poetical pieces. By Mrs. Opie.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: Amelia Alderson Opie (Female, born 1769, died 1853), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Poetry

Father and Daughter, a Tale, in Prose: with an Epistle from the Maid of Corinth to her Lover; and Other Poetical Pieces

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1

Record ID 409931

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Scoresbey's Arc.Regions

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mrs Omond
Gender: Female. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Miscellaneous > Wife/Spouse.


Book Holding

William Scoresby (Male, born 1789, died 1857)
Genre: Travel
An account of the Arctic regions : with a history and description of the northern whale-fishery [Scoresby]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

William Scoresby (Male, born 1789, died 1857)
Genre: Travel
An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a history and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1820. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 2 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 90 times in 64 borrowing records


Book Work

William Scoresby (Male, born 1789, died 1857)
Genre: Travel
Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mrs Omond

Author: William Scoresby (Male, born 1789, died 1857), Genre: Travel

Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 409949

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Quarterly Review

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/30 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr John Mitchell
Gender: Male. Address: Kirkwall.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator. Politics/Office Holders > Clerks.


Book Holding

Genre: Periodicals
Quarterly Review
Volumes borrowed: Volume 48

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Genre: Periodicals
The Quarterly Review
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1809-1967. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 636 times in 565 borrowing records


Book Work

Genre: Periodicals
Quarterly Review

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr John Mitchell

Genre: Periodicals

Quarterly Review

Volumes borrowed: Volume 48

Record ID 409943

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Guy Mannering

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/30 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Mr William Strang
Gender: Male. Address: Lop Ness, Sanday.
Occupation (normalised): Commerce, Trade, and Finance > Factor/Agent. Independent Means > Gentleman.


Book Holding

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Guy Mannering [Scott]
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer. By the author of “Waverley” [i.e. Sir Walter Scott].
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1815. Format: 12mo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 475 times in 178 borrowing records


Book Work

Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832)
Genre: Fiction
Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/5/30 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Mr William Strang

Author: Sir Walter Scott (Male, born 1771, died 1832), Genre: Fiction

Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3

Record ID 409928

Library: Orkney Library. Register: C05-100-05 (1820-1824, Type: Town). Page: 19

Sterne's Works

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).


Borrower

Reverend Mr Taylor
Gender: Male. Address: Stronsay.
Occupation (normalised): Religion and Clergy > Minister/Priest > Unknown denomination.


Book Holding

Laurence Sterne (Male, born 1713, died 1768)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Sermons
The works of Laurence Sterne
Volumes borrowed: Volume 4

Book Edition

Confidence level: Very likely

Laurence Sterne (Male, born 1713, died 1768)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Sermons
The works of Laurence Sterne
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1803. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 106 times in 39 borrowing records


Book Work

Laurence Sterne (Male, born 1713, died 1768)
Genre: Fiction, Genre: Sermons
Works of Laurence Sterne

Borrowed: 1821/5/23 (Wednesday). Returned: 1821/6/6 (Wednesday).

Borrower: Reverend Mr Taylor

Author: Laurence Sterne (Male, born 1713, died 1768), Genre: Fiction, Genre: Sermons

Works of Laurence Sterne

Volumes borrowed: Volume 4