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Date of borrowing: 1775/6/23
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Record ID 295957
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 93
Garcilasso de la Vega royal commentaries of Peru fol
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1767. Life dates: d. 1783.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
The royal commentaries of Peru [Vega]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.132.b.4 .
Confidence level: Certain
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts. The first part. Treating of the original of their Incas or kings: of their idolatry: of their laws and government both in peace and war: of the reigns and conquests of the Incas: with many other particulars relating to their empire and policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their countries. The second part. Describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards. Also the civil wars between the Pic̜arrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels arising about the division of that land. Of the rise and fall of rebels; and other particulars contained in that history.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1688. Format: folio.
Translators: Rycaut, Paul, Sir, 1628-1700: "[Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."--C.S. Markham, introduction to The first part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi.
Number of borrowings: 4
ESTC: R11046
Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616)
Genre: History
Royal Commentaries of Peru
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Alexander Law of Elvingston
Author: Garcilaso de la Vega (Male, born 1539, died 1616), Genre: History
Record ID 295963
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 94
Middletons life of Cicero 3 vol. 8vo
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound Sterl.
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.
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero [Middleton]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: R.152.f.25.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Confidence level: Certain
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
The history of the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1755. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 3 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 6 times in 2 borrowing records
ESTC: T125475
Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750)
Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr James Burnet of Monboddo; Lord Monboddo
Author: Conyers Middleton (Male, born 1683, died 1750), Genre: Lives
History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3
Record ID 295960
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 94
Cantemirs history of the Othoman Empire, fol
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: One pound sterl.
Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1751. Life dates: 1727-1780.
Occupation (normalised): Independent Means > Landowner/Landlord/Laird. Law > Advocate. Law > Sheriff. Military > Officer.
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
The history of the growth and decay of the Othman empire [Cantemir]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: E.150.a.2 .
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Confidence level: Certain
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
The history of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire. Containing the Growth of the Othman Empire, from the Reign of Othman the Founder, to the Reign of Mahomet IV. That is From the Year 1300, to the Siege of Vienna, in 1683. Written Originally in Latin, by Demetrius Cantemir, late Prince of Moldavia. Translated into English, from the Author's own Manuscript, by N. Tindal, M. A. Vicar of Great Waltham in Essex. Adorn'd with the Heads of the Turkish Emperors, Ingraven from Copies taken from Originals in the Grand Seignor's Palace, by the late Sultan's Painter.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1734. Format: folio. Pagination: 2 vols.
Translators: Nicolas Tindal (1687 – 27 June 1774)
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 15 times in 13 borrowing records
ESTC: T136520
Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723)
Genre: History
History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr Patrick Murray of Cherrytrees
Author: Dimitrie Cantemir Voivode of Moldavia (Male, born 1673, died 1723), Genre: History
History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2
Record ID 295966
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 95
Buchans family Physician in 8
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: Six shillings Sterl.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic medicine or, the family physician [Buchan]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.1/1.f .
Confidence level: Certain
William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic medicine; or, The family physician : being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases : chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines / by William Buchan, M.D.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1769. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 21
ESTC: T116615
William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805)
Genre: Medicine
Domestic Medicine [William Buchan]
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: William Buchan (Male, born 1729, died 1805), Genre: Medicine
Record ID 295969
Library: Advocates Library. Register: F.R.262a/6 (1774-1776, Type: Other). Page: 95
Elaboratory laid open in 8
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday). Fine pledged in case of late return: see entry above.
Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Gender: Male.
Admission date: 1774. Life dates: 1752-1835.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Advocate.
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elaboratory laid open, or, the secrets of modern chemistry and pharmacy revealed [Dossie]
Possible modern shelfmark: NLS: M.30.e.[alpha].
Confidence level: Certain
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
The elaboratory laid open, or, the secrets of modern chemistry and pharmacy revealed: Containing many Particulars extremely necessary to be known to all Practitioners in Medicine.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1758. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: 9
ESTC: T142341
Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777)
Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elaboratory Laid Open, or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy Revealed
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Returned: 1775/7/23 (Sunday).
Borrower: Mr John Dickson of Kilbucho
Author: Robert Dossie (Male, died 1777), Genre: Medicine, Genre: Natural Philosophy
Elaboratory Laid Open, or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy Revealed
Record ID 182562
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 21r
First vol: of Whitby's Commentary on the New Testament
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday). Conditions: 6 weeks.
James F. McCara
Gender: Male. Address: Cultoquhey.
Occupation (original): Student of divinity.
Occupation (normalised): Education > University Student.
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
Dissertatio de S. Scripturarum interpretatione secundum patrum commentarios.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
Dissertatio de S. Scripturarum interpretatione secundum patrum commentarios.
Language: Latin . Published: London. Date of publication: 1714. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 21 times in 17 borrowing records
ESTC: T109597
Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726)
Genre: Theology
Dissertatio de S. Scripturarum Interpretatione Secundum Patrum Commentarios
Borrowed: 1775/6/23 (Friday).
Borrower: James F. McCara
Author: Daniel Whitby (Male, born 1638, died 1726), Genre: Theology
Dissertatio de S. Scripturarum Interpretatione Secundum Patrum Commentarios
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1