An Analysis of Scottish Borrowers' Registers
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Date of borrowing: 1795/12/24
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Record ID 185487
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 65r
Beatties essays
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday). Conditions: Month.
William Sinclair
Gender: Male. Address: Causewayend, Madderty.
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays. On the nature and immutability of truth, ... On poetry and music, ... On laughter, and ludicrous composition. On the utility of classical learning.
Confidence level: Certain
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays. On the nature and immutability of truth, in opposition to sophistry and scepticism. On poetry and music, as they affect the mind. On laughter, and ludicrous composition. On the utility of classical learning.
Language: English . Published: Edinburgh. Date of publication: 1776. Format: 8vo.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 77 times in 73 borrowing records
ESTC: T470740
James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803)
Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Essays [James Beattie]
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Sinclair
Author: James Beattie (Male, born 1735, died 1803), Genre: Belles Lettres, Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Record ID 185484
Library: Innerpeffray Library. Register: Volume 1 (1747-1833, Type: Town). Page: 65r
Lockes Works Vol. 1
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday). Conditions: Month.
William Sinclair
Gender: Male. Address: Causewayend, Madderty.
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; in three volumes
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Confidence level: Certain
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
The works of John Locke, Esq; In Three Volumes. The contents of which follow in the next Leaf. With Alphabetical Tables.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1740. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 108 times in 104 borrowing records
ESTC: T128552
John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704)
Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Works of John Locke
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: William Sinclair
Author: John Locke (Male, born 1632, died 1704), Genre: Philosophy and Morality
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1
Record ID 231788
Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 18
Cook's Voyages v. 3
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday). Returned: yes.
Robert Simson
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.
Genre: Travel
Cook's Voyages
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3
Confidence level: Speculative
Genre: Travel
A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing an authentic, ... history of Captain Cook’s first, second, third and last voyages, ... To which will be added, genuine narratives of other voyage ... It is proper to observe, that some other editions of these works ... would cost a purchaser ... upwards of twenty guineas; ... but the present edition, by being published in only eighty six-penny numbers, ... enables every person, ... to become familiary [sic] acquainted with those ... voyages ... Now publishing under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1784-1786. Format: folio.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 536 times in 506 borrowing records
ESTC: T134074
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Borrowed: 1795/12/24 (Thursday).
Borrower: Robert Simson
Genre: Travel
New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World
Volumes borrowed: Volume 3