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Record ID 350750

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 100

Telemachus -two Volumes Duod

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned.


Borrower

Mr Alexander MacGruther
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Subs Date: 1796. Subs: 5s.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1742-43. Format: 12mo (duodecimo). Modern shelfmark: Leighton 8-D-8.
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

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Confidence level: Certain

François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Fiction
The adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1742-1743. Format: 12mo.
Translators: Kelly, John.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 47 times in 27 borrowing records


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François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7)
Genre: Fiction
Adventures of Telemachus

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr Alexander MacGruther

Author: François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon Archibishop of Cambrai (Male, born 1651-8-6, died 1715-1-7), Genre: Fiction

Adventures of Telemachus

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 350753

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 100

Guthrie's Grammar - two Vols Octavo

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned.


Borrower

Mr Alexander MacGruther
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Subs Date: 1796. Subs: 5s.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


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William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
A new geographical, historical, and commercial grammar; and present state of the several kingdoms of the world. To which are added, I. A geographical index. II. A chronological table. III. A table of the coins of all nations.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1774. Format: 8vo (octavo).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr Alexander MacGruther

Author: William Guthrie (Male, born 1708, died 1770), Genre: Natural Philosophy

New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 350747

Library: Leighton Library. Register: Ledger 1 (1780-1840, Type: Town). Page: 100

Six Months Tour &c. two Volumes 

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday). Lending Record Other Info: Returned.


Borrower

Mr Alexander MacGruther
Gender: Male. Address: Dunblane.
Subs Date: 1796. Subs: 5s.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


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Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A six months tour through the north of England.
Language: English. Publication Place: London. Publication Year: 1770-71. Format: 8vo (octavo).
Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Book Edition

Confidence level: Certain

Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
A six months tour through the North of England. Containing, an account of the present state of agriculture, manufactures and population, in several Counties of this Kingdom.
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1770-1771. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 4 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 64 times in 31 borrowing records


Book Work

Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820)
Genre: Travel
Six Months Tour through the North of England

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday).

Borrower: Mr Alexander MacGruther

Author: Arthur Young (Male, born 1741, died 1820), Genre: Travel

Six Months Tour through the North of England

Volumes borrowed: Volume 1, Volume 2

Record ID 236066

Library: Royal High School of Edinburgh. Register: SL137144 (Type: Student). Page: 84

Buffon v. 8

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday). Returned: yes.


Borrower

Gilbert Watts
Gender: Male.
Occupation (original): Pupil.
Occupation (normalised): Education > School Child.


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Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Buffon's Natural History
Volumes borrowed: Volume 8

Book Edition

Confidence level: Speculative

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural history, general and particular; by the Count de Buffon, translated into English. Illustrated with three hundred and one copper-plates, and occasional notes and observations by the translator. ...
Language: English . Published: London. Date of publication: 1781. Format: 8vo. Pagination: 8 vols.
Number of borrowings: Volumes associated with this edition were borrowed 455 times in 403 borrowing records


Book Work

Comte de Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon (Male, born 1707, died 1788)
Genre: Natural Philosophy
Natural History, General and Particular, by the Count de Buffon

Record ID 43896

Library: Wigtown Subscription Library. Register: MS 5/27 (Type: Town). Page: 20b

Bruces Travels

Borrowed: 1796/7/8 (Friday).


Borrower

Alexander McKie
Gender: Male. Address: Wigtown.
Occupation (original): Lawyer.
Occupation (normalised): Law > Writer/Procurator.


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James Bruce (Male, born 1730, died 1794)
Genre: Travel
An interesting narrative of the travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to discover the source of the Nile. Abridged from the original work. The second edition. By Samuel Shaw, Esq.
Language: English. Genre: Travels.